bookposa.blogg.se - Virtualbox vs vmware linux

Sure you could go read a 100-internet-page on performance, but why. I have used Ubuntu since 2005 and have no issues with it but it just isnt doing well on AMD Threadripper, quite possible its the kernel level issues. It is not stellar but definitely better than Ubuntu. I am really glad to see WSL2 do so much better so now I can actually stop using MacOS or Ubuntu for most of my work and stick to Win10 which has better support for my CPU/Motherboard.

Docker (not really VM but I am using Docker WSL2 as opposed to Virtualbox).

We have few options when it comes to doing Development or Testing work. I spent a great deal of time and money on various VM platforms so hopefully i can save you the same time/money. You only need Pro if you want to get Hyper-V and WSL2 support without hacking around with Windows preview builds.

I recently upgraded my Workstation to a Windows 10 Pro workstation edition. You also have several other possibilities, like QEMU, for instance - but those are less known/used so maybe not that useful if you want to use a VM for work and share it with co-workers.This is from my perspective of using Linux based distros as the main driver.

Which is the best VM program for a programmer?.You might also be interested by a couple of questions / asnwers about that subject, like, for instance : One thing that was not so good with VirtualBox was that it didn't support VM with several CPU that's possible, now, with versions 3.x, if I remember correctly. If you want free software, VirtualBox OSE is the way to go.Įdit after comment, to clarify : by "free", I mean "libre" : both VMWare server/player and VirtualBox are free (as in "cost not money"), but only VirtualBox OSE is free as in "libre" - see Open Source VirtualBox and other editions If you are going to use it for some production system, maybe VMWare might be a safest bet, at least for support - and it's more widely used in the industry, I'd say. Im using a bit of both (VMWare at work, as it's the software that's used the most in the company I work for and VirtualBox at Home), and, to develop, I don't see much of a difference : both do what I need, which is provide a Virtual Machine, independant of the host system.