From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 15:15:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE41106567A for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:15:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 081E98FC16 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:15:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-101-5.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.101.5] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnYVM-0005c8-V2; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:00:10 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:15:27 -0700 Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:15:27 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100823151527.GA70008@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Matthias Apitz References: <20100823070819.GB2539@current.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="azLHFNyN32YCQGCU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100823070819.GB2539@current.Sisis.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Cc: Matthias Apitz Subject: Re: running FreeBSD on Windows host X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:15:33 -0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Matthias Apitz on Monday, 23 August 2010: > Hello, >=20 > I've to re-install my laptop with some Windows version (Vista or Windows > 7) with disk encryption. Of course I will go on to work in FreeBSD > 9-CURRENT and KDE3 as desktop. Please, don't ask me why I have to put Win= dows below :-) >=20 > I have some questions: >=20 > >From the point of view of performance in FreeBSD, what would be better, = Vista or > Win7? Win7, hands down. >=20 > Any recommendation for the virtualisation software for best performance? I used VMWare Workstation. Most everything worked OK, but I did have an occasional spontaneous reboot of FreeBSD as a guest (this was back on version 7.2, I think -- haven't tried it on 8). --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMcpCPAAoJEIpckszW26+RQtEH/AqctWFK+vNyxO6TvXo7c//U 7f7CEK+v2o6XrYPeng57OBa3oNolE099w1PsyR+Ky+bhpxsn+PSSFgvADZxO2qWQ 6zEnpTU443CFH+KQvOEjiSvGlVg6pKQ3EAT0PQiURAU7emvbhiv/01p70OwUlA7L KIMux7t8lyBNlP07sLUfR5BM+tA5jsng8qof52n1o1dfiDhyTls31fyw6MD6CiyJ bTSNOWtb3XxFOg7ZeHbG7bdE9P47u54OCjVzdWGQ3yflbFkuKuH4SMgtM8JIZzTD DwSmFHgb7VopW947ZDR5uwsX5l++cKkr4NWWJqAAe/lvw9a9wBLpu1x/pb9TO1U= =giHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--