On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 12:37 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:15:20 +0000 (UTC) > BeartoothHOS wrote: > > > So, afaict, the alternative is to install a virtual M$ under one > > of the virtualization packages, and run my legacy software under that. It > > will almost never get a connection to the Net, other than updates from > > Garmin. > > If you need the virtual machine to talk to a physical device (like > via USB), I have heard that virtualbox is better at that than most > other packages (though I have never tried it myself - I have tried > connecting a USB printer to a KVM virtual machine just for grins, and > it made the windows KVM bluescreen, so that didn't work at all). VirtualBox is fine. Note that for USB access you need the non-free version. It's easy to set up and I use it to sync and update my iPhone. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
