On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Christopher A. Williams <chriswfedora@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 12:12 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: >> I want to install Fedora 10 as a host OS on a system that has an Intel >> P9500 processor, which provides Intel Virtualization Technology and >> Intel 64. I want to use the virtualization features in Fedora 10 to >> create Windows XP and Windows Vista virtual machines, with equal or >> better performance than what VMWare can do. I also want to be able to >> back up the virtual machines I create to an external device so that I >> can use them in other boxes. >> >> Is this possible? > > Short answer: Yes > > As a practical matter, install the virtualization package groups (KVM > and its accompanying tools). We can split hairs about if it is faster > than VMware workstation, but pragmatically speaking, it will definitely > pass the "good enough" test. > > VMware Workstation on Fedora has its own quirks, but is definitely more > mature than KVM, and it also is easier to migrate VMs to other VMware > environments using it. > > That said, KVM definitely rocks in its own right. I'd just like to put in a word for VirtualBox, which has worked, for me when I couldn't get the current version of VMwareWorkstation to compile its modules correctly. I also find it more lightweight than VMW, but that may be largely a matter of perception. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines