From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 21:07:00 2009 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 117E71065675 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 841188FC1E for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:06:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so1261680bwz.43 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:06:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wdFdr4HouRiCNgDz4jtl7LEbVmjEf8rPBaz3tJBAnbc=; b=KTr1b/sdBHb+JMd13n2GnF2KSd4I4+MoQLWfMbfsZaPtcXIlKOLfDfYQyi8MsPaNb7 kUsKxNPZkOmSmuZ1hfOOYQ6Pm3ta0yFm0J4M78ktncPNr3Whz7+xlPbG7jCGc7lupVlK fGN64pWl8/QP6JMjkcKuGbQ9zDDtpLHhxOb4A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=N+LjgXiZ7h53mvIUjnUU3IOX5b0ML7QIupyoFnZN08ocHz+dpMQLAs3QmDwQIEUj15 cqnktIiq2b1I96+EUfUlfFqMOWdRH2DG8Y5TbgubH6zOZzMTIyAh9zzMc/98Rb8d0r0y eFfA3cRVzfEAFJ1jiF/Gd2GzhJzVV0q6da7F8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.110.11 with SMTP id l11mr1019450fap.50.1240607216647; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:06:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200904242050.n3OKo3NK014516@triton.kn-bremen.de> References: <20090424151827.GA13967@rebelion.Sisis.de> <200904242050.n3OKo3NK014516@triton.kn-bremen.de> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:06:56 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: Juergen Lock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win4BSD -- any comments or experiences? 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: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:07:00 -0000 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Juergen Lock wrote: > In article > you write: > >On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Apitz > wrote: > > > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Subscribed in a FreeBSD mailing list in Spanish, I've got a pointer to > >> this software: > >> > >> http://win4bsd.com/wp/win4bsd-free-for-non-commercial-use/ > >> > >> Any comments about or test results in compare with Qemu? > >> Thx > >> > >> matthias > >> -- > >> Matthias Apitz > >> Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH > >> Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany > >> t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > >> e - w http://www.oclc.org/ > >> http://www.UnixArea.de/ > >> People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use > >> FreeBSD. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > > >I played with win4bsd for awhile. It works well for normal desktop usage. > >Unfortunately, virtual os setups do not handle complex data analysis of > >extremely large data sets well. I think it has to do with memory > >usage/management. Otherwise, I liked win4bsd a lot. > > Well I haven't actually tried win4bsd, only researched about it one the > web a little once and noticed it seems to be based on an old version > of qemu (it still uses kqemu 1.3.* not 1.4.* like current qemu - which > btw is the only reason I haven't removed the old kqemu from ports and > renamed the new one, i.e. emulators/kqemu-kmod still is the old one.) > > Now does that mean current qemu is better/more stable than win4bsd if > all you want is emulate something like xp? I don't know... (Maybe the > win4bsd folks have incorporated other fixes that aren't in qemu yet? > At least they certainly seem to have added features...) > > Cheers, > Juergen > I used an early version of win4bsd. It was a no-brainer to install! The win4bsd folks did very well in this regard. Andrew