[HLUG] virtualbox

[Julian Robbins]

On 1 August 2011 12:34, Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk> wrote:

> it took 5 minutes to install virtualbox and get tuxedu3 running - so you
> don't need too much spare time - that's why i was so impressed
> I just did it as a diversion from doing my paperwork invoicing for
> weekend work - it just didn't divert me for very long
>

Yes Virtualbox is a good piece of software. Virtualisation cant get a lot
more complicated but for simple desktop uses, its a piece of cake....

Julian


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> Sarah
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> On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 12:29 +0100, Pete Linnell wrote:
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> > On 01/08/11 12:19, Sarah Chard wrote:
> > > After a very short discussion about running operating systems on
> virtual
> > > machines at the end of the LUG meeting- I decided to give it a whirl
> and
> > > try it out with tuxedu 3,
> > > thanks for encouraging me Julian as it was so easy - I thought it was
> > > going to be a complicated process but it's just a case of click and
> > > install virtualbox -
> > >
> > I must confess I've never bothered on the basis that none of my hardware
> > will support virtual systems; but this netbook and the desktop next to
> > it both have 1G of RAM ( a bare minimum) with the desktop still having a
> > spare slot....
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> > Maybe I'll have a go in my spare time.... :)
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> > Pete H@
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