Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:19:30 -0400 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd, Virtual OSs and GUI Message-ID: <CANLX3yg30ORs1DmwYBmczEfL=0c5r-axYhK=M-ZRtUR2xAmhUg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3401477057-313530511@intranet.com.mx> References: <3401304023-313529491@intranet.com.mx> <CA%2BtpaK3x_4raEKLYdvr2AREd-9cAjYUE9bLYp4wL78WD9K=2dQ@mail.gmail.com> <87lispk0ke.fsf@oak.localnet> <3401477057-313530511@intranet.com.mx>
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On Friday, October 14, 2011, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> wrote: > Hello all. > > Thanks for you comments and advice. > > Jorge Biquez > > At 10:55 p.m. 12/10/2011, Carl Johnson wrote: > > Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx>w= rote: >> >> 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. =C2=A0I prefer KDE which would work well for you because both K= DE and >> VirtualBox are built on QT4, a rather large system. =C2=A0KDE isn't real= ly that >> heavy though relatively speaking. =C2=A0VirtualBox 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 wil= l be >>> connected directly with the ISP (public IP's) =C2=A0and 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. =C2=A0Disk c= hoice >> should reflect your data capacity, redundancy, and speed needs. =C2=A0A = 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. =C2=A0It is not require= d > when VirtualBox is running a 32-bit OS. =C2=A0Just another minor detail t= o > consider. > > -- > Carl Johnson =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0carlj@peak.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=C2=A0mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=C2=A0mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Just as a sidenote, you don't need to install something as large as kde or Gnome where flu box/openbox/blackbox or KFCE will suffice. Why overburden yourself with extra's that could potentially ruin any testing? Especially if all of the os's you mention will be running at once. You could also look at qemu, it isn't the easiest to use at times, but it can be used entirely from the cmdln. I've used it before to run gentoo from a FreeBSD host, and it did so very nicely. --=20 > -- > Chris Brennan > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ > GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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