[Info-vax] Bare Metal VMS (Frame.Work Laptops) <<<< complete answer late

[Chris Townley]

On 26/11/2024 22:35, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/26/2024 11:41 AM, John Reagan wrote:
>> On 11/25/2024 10:06 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> And dev systems is different. VirtualBox, Player/WorkStation,
>>> KVM etc..
>>>
>>> (I know VirtualBox has been pushed a lot for this, but given
>>> peoples experience on both Windows and Linux has been very painful,
>>> then VSI should probably consider dropping that)
>>>
>>> Arne
>>>
>>>
>>
>> All I use is VirtualBox on Windows10 and Windows11 systems.  Works 
>> great out of
>> the box on W10.  It took a few W11 changes to avoid VB and HyperV from 
>> bumping
>> into each other but once I made those changes, VB works fine on my W11 
>> laptop.
>> There are several of us internal folks that use VB.
> 
> Yes, and I've played with it in the past.  Seemed to work Ok.
> 
> But as recently mentioned, development is one thing, but critical 
> operational environment might be a bit more demanding.  Do you have any 
> opinions about VirtualBox in a critical operational environment.  Just 
> curious.
> 

My biggest issues with Virtual Box is that when it gets one of it's 
regular updates, as documented, it drops the PC's network, which is a 
pain in the proverbial!

-- 
Chris