wblock@ said:Running FreeBSD in a VM on a notebook lets the native OS handle all the hardware and power management.
tingo said:In my case, it cuts down on the number of physical machines that I need to have around. I recently moved my Squeezebox server from a physical machine to a VirtualBox vm, and I have a few test machines also as VirtualBox vm's.
Of course, the VirtualBox host machine also runs FreeBSD.
Some things are hard to test in virtual machines, that is why I still have a number of physical machines in my apartment.
One last thing: my main workstation is a physical desktop machine, running FreeBSD.
kr651129 said:I run FreeBSD as my host OS and I also run FreeBSD in VirtualBox as a test bed when I try new things/tutorials that differ from person to person/shaky advice from unknown sources.
A: Can you think of something better to run on it? </rimshot>neilms said:Why would anyone want to run FreeBSD in a virtual machine?
dalecosp said:But, seriously ... they gave me a Windows box. They don't want it reformatted. What am I to do?
vermaden said:I can not think of a situation, when someone FORCES me to use other OS then I want.
mwatkins said:I can think of dozens of my clients where you'd be forced to use their choice, not your choice, of OS. Many, if not most, medium to large corporations dictate IT policy to a degree where the OS and application software an employee may use is simply not up for debate. There may be some exceptions made for specific job descriptions or the anointed few.
Some organizations exercise sufficient control over their Windows installations that employees may not even install software on their own, meaning no VirtualBox and no FreeBSD under these oppressive regimes.
Free the computers!
mwatkins said:vermaden, only that I'm glad your job puts you in the group of employees who get to circumvent rules made for most users. Freedom is nice.
Or maybe I meant that it is good to be one of the anointed few who enjoy FreeBSD.
mwatkins said:Either way... dzień dobry!
(Sorry that's close to my limit for Polish; my mother speaks the language but I didn't learn much more than pass-the-potatoes, I-like-beer, thank-you, good-bye, good-night and of course good day. Oh and some swear words from the Polish raised kids on our old farm.)
So, too, said Dennis Ritchie as to why he immediately installed cygwin, at least, on any Windows computer anyone would give him.vermaden said:But this is not the case for administrators. We need to get sh!t done and its our responsibility for what and how we use.
mwatkins said:Slimserver / Squeezebox server has been in ports for quite some time. The version there at present isn't completely up to date with Logitech Media Server but that may not matter to you. I have rarely kept pace with current, in recent years, and am not missing out on anything personally.
See audio/squeezeboxserver