[CentOS] VMWare vs Parallels, and Zen

[Ross S. W. Walker]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Luciano 
> Miguel Ferreira Rocha
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:26 PM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] VMWare vs Parallels, and Zen
> 
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 04:17:29PM -0400, Miark wrote:
> > I've seen several references to running VMWare under CentOS, but
> > does anybody know how well Parallels runs under CentOS?
> 
> Parallels is Mac only.

There is a version of Parallels for Linux too.

I think the VMware workstation is more mature, but costs more $$$

> > On a related note, now that Zen is as mature as it is, are
> > commercial VMs really much better than Zen?
> 
> Do you mean Xen? Xen isn't as a mature as VMWare is on HVM (unmodified
> guests).
> 
> I use VMWare Server on my workstation and Xen on my servers (all
> para-virtualized).

Xen is really for those who are willing to get their hands dirty. VMware
server is free and runs well.

-Ross

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