Ask Slashdot: Which Virtual Machine Software For a Beginner?

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 9, 2012 @11:27AM from the not-the-holodeck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I am getting ready to start learning the use of virtual machines. What VM software would you recommend? This is for personal use. It would be good to run both Windows VMs and Linux VMs. Early use would be maintaining multiple Windows installs using only one desktop computer with plenty of cores and memory. I would be starting with a Windows host, but probably later switching to a Linux host after I learn more about it. Free is good, but reliability and ease of use are better. What is your preferred choice for a VM beginner? VMware? Xen? VirtualBox? Something else?" It may also be helpful if you can recommend particular VM software for particular uses, or provide some insight on different hosting options.

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Re:What the fuck by Zapotek · 2012-11-09 11:38 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Why is parent modded at -1? Seriously, just look around and play with them wtf?
Re:What the fuck by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-09 11:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Seriously, wtf is up with Slashdot these days? This is truly scraping the bottom now.
Re:Really. by Andy+Prough · 2012-11-09 14:14 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I suggest DESQview...
Nah - looks and acts too much like OSX. He's looking for something modern.