On 01/06/2012 07:35 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 01/06/2012 04:28 PM, Digimer wrote: >> On 01/06/2012 05:17 PM, david wrote: >>> Folks >>> >>> I have a new laptop running Centos 6.2 64-bit. I'd like to put a >>> virtual machine running Windows 7 (licensed), with full audio/video >>> functions, and good response. Which virtual system would you >>> recommend? I can think of KVM, or VirtualBox, or ...? >>> >>> The "good response" requirement pretty much excludes a web-style >>> video presentation. >>> >>> Opinions solicited. >>> >>> David Kurn >> I have great performance with KVM running windows guests using the >> virtio storage drivers. Below is how I do it (on clusters, normally, but >> should be easy to adapt for a single-machine host): >> >> https://alteeve.com/w/2-Node_Red_Hat_KVM_Cluster_Tutorial#Provisioning_vm0004-ms >> > I would second using KVM via virt-manager, shifting to the virtio driver > for disk (you can also use the virtio net driver), and using spice (and > spicy) instead of KVM to connect to the KVM machine. All sound works > fine with spice, and the video is also quite nice. I did an article on > the Wiki for spice: Should have said spice instead of VNC not KVM :D > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Spice-libvirt > > Here are articles on how to use the virtio disk and network devices: > > http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/redhat-54-windows-virtio-drivers-part-2-block-drivers > > http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/tip-how-setup-windows-guest-paravirtual-network-drivers -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120106/61e35496/attachment-0005.sig>