Re: [ros-dev] Yet another VM

[Colin Finck]

Thanks for the information.

This VM seems to be very good.
I also did not test it, but looked at the screenshots: VirtualBox supports
multiple snapshots and the closed-source version, which is also available at
no price for personal use, also supports USB devices. You can connect to
virtual machines over RDP and the virtual USB ports will also be available
through RDP.
The closed-source version also has some unique features like mounting iSCSI
targets as virtual disks. AFAIK no other Workstation virtualization product
supports this at the moment.

In my opinion, we should support VirtualBox as a new testing platform for
ReactOS, since it contains more features than QEMU and is open-source unlike
VMware.
It would also be easier to use for new users, who did not run a PC emulator
before.

Regards,

Colin


>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org 
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Klemens Friedl
>  Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:30 PM
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Subject: [ros-dev] Yet another VM
>  
>  I read in the news that a new virtual machine software got released
>  under GNU GPL v.2 (dual license) today (2007-01-15). It's called
>  VirtualBox (VirtualBox.org) and is partly based on qemu code. On of
>  the advantages are that it support Intel's VT (vanderpool), run as GUI
>  app on Win and Unix and support WinNT 6 without glitches (as heise.de
>  says).
>  
>  News entry and review (both in german):
>  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/83680
>  http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/83678
>  
>  Heise.de said it is ready to compete with the latest versions of
>  VMware, Parallels and VirtualPC. If that statement is based on facts
>  or not and if it is a good reliable tool; I don't know as I have not
>  tested it myself, as I am busy right now. I just posted it here, as it
>  might be useful for someone.
>  
>  Klemens
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