<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Tom Sellers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomsellers2001@yahoo.com">tomsellers2001@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Is VirtualBox a Linux based virtual machine that can run multiple operating systems? If so is it free and what kind of hardware would I have to run it on?</span></div>
<div><span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, it is free to downoad and there is a free open source version that has a few less features. There is no charge to use either version.</div><div><br>
</div><div>It runs on any hardware, even older machines that don't support virtualization, however for best results I'd suggest a computer that supports Virtualization (such as a core duo) and has at least 1GB of ram. With 1G of RAM you can run a 256MB virtual machine which is good for experimentation. If you don't have hardware virtualization you will need a little extra patience.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On my 4G Core 2 Duo machine I often run 2-3 servers and a desktop VM at once (servers usually have ~300M of RAM each, desktop 500 - 700M).</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><span>I'm trying to become familiar with Linux applications and software.</span></div>
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<div><span>Sorry this is a bit off the subject of what you asked!<var></var></span></div>
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</div><b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Dave Hala Jr <<a href="mailto:dave@58ghz.net" target="_blank">dave@58ghz.net</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Cialug <<a href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug@cialug.org</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 12, 2011 10:16 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Cialug] Virtual Box and NAS<br></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>Anyone launching their VirtualBox VM's from a Netgear ReadyNAS 1500,<br>
with a 1Gb ethernet connection? How is the performance?<br><br>:) Dave<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Cialug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" target="_blank">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br>
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