[AuckLUG] Topic for next meeting

[Ghodmode]

On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 19:48 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:

> On Tue, May 27, 2008 7:40 pm, Liz Quilty wrote:
> > Ghodmode wrote:
> >>     If there isn't already a topic of discussion for the next Auckland
> >> LUG meeting, I'd like to offer a presentation on virtualization options
> >> for Linux.  I have experience with QEMU, VirtualBox, and VMware.  I can
> >> also discuss some problem areas with configuration of a virtual machine
> >> under different guest operating systems such as networking and drivers..
> >>
> >>     Is anyone interested?
> >>
> >> -- Vince
> >>
> >>
> > Dont forget Xen :)
> 
> I suggested to Joel recently that perhaps we could have a virtualisation
> round table session.
> 
> The idea is to get someone to stand and talk for 10/15 minutes about a
> particular platform, and then have a Q/A comparing 4-5 different
> virtualisation solutions
>  * Xen
>  * VMWare
>  * VirtualBox
>  * KVM
>  * QEMU
>  * VServers
> etc.
> 
> So is there any interest in such a session, and do we have enough
> volunteers to cover atleast 4 different solutions?
> 
> Steve


I'm definitely interested and I'll volunteer to talk about and
demonstrate VMware, VirtualBox, and/or QEMU.

Maybe we can throw a discussion of WINE into the mix, too?  We'll have
to define virtualization a little more loosely, but it's still related.
I'll be happy to talk about this, too.  I meant to mention it in my
original email.  In some cases, WINE is a better way to run Windows apps
than actually running them on Windows.

I don't have any experience with Xen or KVM because none of my computers
have processors new enough to have the virtualization support built into
the processor.  My original purpose, several years ago, for playing with
it was to run Windows.  Since then, I've found it to be very useful for
development, testing, and tinkering with several operating systems and
even different (virtual) hardware.

This is the first I've heard about VServers.  Is this at
http://linux-vserver.org/Welcome_to_Linux-VServer.org?

Thank you,
    Vince

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Ghodmode <ghodmode at ghodmode.com>