Only thing is, at present, VirtualBox isn't accessible from GUI on Linux so you'll need to use CLI. Works fine though. Alex On 11/1/11, Karl Wilbur <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I use VirtualBox from Oracle (formerly from Sun). It's free and there is a > conversion path for existing VMWare images to be utilized in VirtualBOx. I > have done it several time myself. VitualBox has a friendly GUI and well as > a powerful CLI for running headless. > > -- > Karl Wilbur > 513-322-2481 > karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:44 PM, John G. Heim <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Anybody have any experience with the various virtualization options out >> there? My department runs VMWare but I don't want to pay $200 for a VMWare >> Workstation license for my personal machine if its not going to be >> accessible or if there is something better that is open source. I want to >> create a bunch of Windows virtual machines to learn a little something >> about Windows networking. I figured I'd use VMWare to learn a little about >> that at the same time. But I don't want to get bogged down with the >> virtualization stuff. >> >> Also, does anybody know if VMWare esxi is really free? Its free for >> download, I know that. And I know you can download a 60 day evaluation >> version. But it looks like you can download older versions for free. Its >> hard to tell because the VMWare web site isn't real clear. I'm guessing >> that's deliberate. I don't want to wipe out my linux install only to find >> that esxi is going to stop working in 60 days. >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/blinux-list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list> >> > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list