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Linux VMs For Everyone

Posted by timothy on from the non-beowulf-non-cluster dept.

Over at Newsforge, Grant Gross has written an interesting overview of the options available for hosting multiple Linux installations on virtual machines; interestingly, it's not just for those with the big bucks for high-end IBM hardware, though that's surely nice.

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  1. For privacy . . . by acceleriter · · Score: 5, Insightful
    . . . even if you aren't running multiple virtual machines simulateously, applications like VMware (and possibly Bochs) are useful for creating read only, throwaway environments for when you do anything on the net you might not want your boss or someone who shares your computer to be aware of.

    In particular, VMware's "undoable disks" are great in this regard.

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    CEE5210S The signal SIGHUP was received.

  2. Windows License? by russianspy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't remember my windows days all that well, but doesn't the Microsoft Windows license apply to a single computer??? Wouldn't that mean you can run as many copies of windows, as long as they are on the same computer, as you want?
    Who knows? Maybe Micro$$oft did shoot themselves in a foot?