Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:55:13 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd, Virtual OSs and GUI Message-ID: <87lispk0ke.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3x_4raEKLYdvr2AREd-9cAjYUE9bLYp4wL78WD9K=2dQ@mail.gmail.com> (Adam Vande More's message of "Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:14:17 -0500") References: <3401304023-313529491@intranet.com.mx> <CA%2BtpaK3x_4raEKLYdvr2AREd-9cAjYUE9bLYp4wL78WD9K=2dQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx>wrote: > > It is better to install KDE or GNOME as the base GUI or it is better to have >> any other ? (I do not know what could be). >> > > This is one of those ask a hundred different people get 100 different > answers. I prefer KDE which would work well for you because both KDE and > VirtualBox are built on QT4, a rather large system. KDE isn't really that > heavy though relatively speaking. VirtualBox runs great for me and does all > you indicated. > > >> >> What do you think is the best option to save hardware resources and >> accomplish this task ? Something important is that this lab machine will be >> connected directly with the ISP (public IP's) and I will need to connect >> remotely to control the server and the other OS's. >> > > You will probably want a CPU and chipset that has hardware assist for > virtualization, and plenty of RAM for both host and guests. Disk choice > should reflect your data capacity, redundancy, and speed needs. A good > quality Intel NIC is always nice. If the OP is going to run a 64-bit OS, then hardware vitualization assist is *required* for VirtualBox to handle it. It is not required when VirtualBox is running a 32-bit OS. Just another minor detail to consider. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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