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By localhost8080 (0) on 16th April 2008

Question: virtualbox – opensource alternative to vmware

hi, ive been using virtualbox, its an opensource virtualisation program (like vmware)

ive also been using the flock browser, and a host of other open source apps under windows, like gimp, etc, what open source apps do you use, and are they better than or worse than their closed source counterparts ??

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    Mario XP
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    Posted on 16th April 2008
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    I never tried virtualbox – is it as good as vmware? Now I am using wmware server with console which is actually free (you need to register to get a reg code).
    Well other opensource applications are obviously forefox, openoffice, Gimp, Programmers notepad, 7-zip. These are great projects that can substitute commercial ones.

  • [OP] - localhost8080
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    Posted on 16th April 2008
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    virtualbox is great, ive not tried vmware for some time, the last time i tried it was about 4 years ago, but what i can tell you is that virtualbox is quick =)

    ive tried qemu, but it was a bit sluggish, the other good thing about virtualbox is that its easy to use =)

     

    virtualbox.org is the url =)

    i even have a windows 3.11 and dos 6.22 virtual machine! 

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