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Old 03-26-2010, 08:41 AM
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Re: the best virtual machine for Linux: qemu, kvm, xen, virtual box, parallels, vmwar


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Originally Posted by elch View Post
Qemu is recommendable over VMware and VirtualBox if your CPU supports KVM. It is more lightweight and in my opinion more powerful. But if your CPU is not virtualization-aware, Qemu with Windows XP is rather unusable.
I've tried to install Qemu and I'm really impressed by its speed. And my Internet is working automatically on a guest OS. Another good thing is that I can use guest OS after hibernation, while VirtualBox has always been killing my Windows XP after that.

There are several problems I have with Qemu:
  • USB drives and my USB headset are not mounted automatically. In VirtualBox I was able to do that automatically or with a couple of clicks.
  • Can't find a way to use my NTFS disks with Qemu
    I've read that I can use the following option:
    Code:
    -hdc fat:rw:/media/mydrive/
    (even though it is an NTFS drive), but can't make it work.
  • Can't copy-paste from virtual machine to my Ubuntu or from my Ubuntu to my virtual machine.
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