Virtualization in Linux: Parallels virtualization software is now available in Ubuntu

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This week Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced a partnership with Parallels, maker of the Virtualization products Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac. Consequently, the Parallels Workstation virtualization software is now available to download and install in Ubuntu Linux, completely supported by Canonical, and done entirely through the Add/Remove programs interface. This makes four different virtualization programs -- three of which are installable via the package repositories...

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[Charan]

Nice move... I was using VirutalBox previously , be this move is really good. I hope Parallels takes full advantage of the new processor technology

[Garbage]

Nice news...

Thanks !!!

[coolpcguy]

Have been trying out Parallels, No drastic changes over VirtualBox. Parallels is trialware for 15 days only. Stick to VirtualBox.

[praka123]

how much memory is needed for running a virtual OS in a Linux box?
I got net free: 384MB only (got a 256 mb dedicated gfx card).

[subratabera]

Here are some pictures from my box...This can give you an idea.



As you can see I am running "Solaris 10" from within Ubuntu. Yet I've half of RAM available without using a single byte of swap space. I can run another VM if I want easily. VirtualBox is a great piece of software. Try it. You will be amazed.

[Charan]

I have used VirtualBox and liked it verymuch. But I found a network related problem in it, when ever I try to create a shared folder in linux and try to access it via XP (virtual) the XP would crash.

[iMav]

virtual box has a good feature that lets u merge both ur desktops into 1 ...

[subratabera]

Originally Posted by Charan

I have used VirtualBox and liked it verymuch. But I found a network related problem in it, when ever I try to create a shared folder in linux and try to access it via XP (virtual) the XP would crash.

Have you installed "The VirtualBox Guest Additions" in Windows XP?

[Charan]

^^^ Yes I had installed the additions. I have stoped using Vbox due to lag ( blame it on my system ). any virtulization software requires good amount of RAM and Procy horse power ..

[subratabera]

Originally Posted by Charan

^^^ Yes I had installed the additions. I have stoped using Vbox due to lag ( blame it on my system ). any virtulization software requires good amount of RAM and Procy horse power ..

True. You need more system resources to run multiple VMs. By the way, I can run "Solaris 10" and "WinXP" simultaneously in my box which has a P4 2.8 GHz proccy and 1GB of RAM.