Ubuntu + Virtualization

[um_nirvani]

Hi guys,

I have a personal laptop and a work laptop. personal is running ubuntu 10.4(which im planning upgrade to 10.10 soon) and Win-Xp on work laptop.

I would like to run ubuntu on work machine, but i need to use vmware vsphere client regularly as half my work is related to it.

Is there an alternative available for vmware vsphere client? How can i have ubuntu on work laptop and have access to VMs via the control center?

Is running Windows-XP on ubuntu via vitual box a resolution? If yes, I have 3GB of RAM on my work laptop, is that enough?

Could someone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

[Rubberman]

Depening upon how much memory you want to give XP in a VBox VM, 3GB should be ok. I run my XP VM with at least 1GB of RAM allocated to it. Also, a multi-core processor is a good thing. That way the VM will run pretty much like it would on its own single core computer, reasonably snappy, without impacting your Linux system performance. Just make sure you install the VBox guest additions services/drivers in the XP VM. That will give you optimal video, network, and disc performance.

[rbwerst]

I've been using XP Pro as a VM in VirtualBox, with a little over 1 gig of ram alloted for a couple of work-related applications for a little over a year. I think it opens faster, runs smother, and gives me less trouble than Windows ever did when I used it as a dual-boot...which is to say that you shouldn't have any problems. I think VB limits you to a little less than half of your available ram.