Comments on: Dell likes Linux for virtualization

At LinuxWorld the Dell CTO says the two will make running multiple operating systems on a single computer easier.

[technewsjunkie]

Kinda like Windows on Mac via Parallels or VMware

I just couldn't help seeing the "parallel" here between Dell's take on
this and what we've been seeing on Macs running Parallel's virtual
machine to run Windows, and Linux...

Imitation is a form of flattery(?)

[ddrinf]

VM

This is not new technology and it was not invented on the MAC. Linux had VM tools in the market since the 90s and it wasn't even invented there. In this market Apple is not the inventor they just do a nice job of it. Plus the article was really related to servers and not personal machines.

[hellsyes]

HAHAHAHA

I love how Apple invented everything. That Edison guy who invented the lightbulb, you know, he only did what the Mac has been doing for at least a year now.

These apple guys think history started with the release of the ipod. It just cracks me up.

[Maclover1]

I have been

using VMware on Windows before Apple switched to the Intel platform.

I have Parallel 3 on my Macbook...it is HORRIBLE (super slow) compared to the new fusion. VMware owns this space and owns it on Linux, Windows, and soon on OS X.

I am a Mac fan but god get over youself...Imitation...yeah Apple imitates everyone else most of the time. The sad fact is Apple needs Fusion/Parallel to run the many..many Windows Apps.

[viss9434]

The game is being changed. Microsoft in trouble

This is the beginning of something big. Microsoft has no answer
for this. Linux is going to take off through the use of VMware and
virtual appliances.

[Maclover1]

Yeah

just like Linux fans have been saying for years.

Vwmare is run on Windows more than anything and more VM's are Windows VM's than anything.

Wake up please.

[ArtInvent]

Maybe if VMs ran full 3D apps . . .

I've run VMWare on Ubuntu Linux desktop to try and get some Windows programs I like going. Trouble is, few of them run because not even VMWare supports OpenGL. 3D apps like Google Sketchup. Video editing, which is a particular Linux weak point. And, of course, games. Sure there is supposed support for DirectX 9 but even that is spotty.

I have basically ended up waiting for native Linux apps to mature and replace my dependence on Windows apps. And you know what, that has actually happened already. Linux apps are maturing fast and now I don't even bother opening a VM anymore. I can now edit high def. video on Ubuntu using only FOSS software.

If and when VMWare and Xen and KVM get around to supporting OpenGL, I doubt if I'll need it anymore. Too little too late.