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<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ Parallels Desktop]</td> | <td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ Parallels Desktop]</td> | ||
<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/ VMware Fusion]</td> | <td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/ VMware Fusion]</td> | ||
− | <td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.kju-app.org/kju/ | + | <td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/q%5Bkju%5D.html Q]<br>([http://www.kju-app.org/kju/ Developer site])</td> |
− | <td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.virtualbox.org/ | + | <td bgcolor="#f8f8f8">[http://www.virtualbox.org/ innotek VirtualBox] (beta)</td> |
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<td>N/A</td> | <td>N/A</td> | ||
<td>0.8.1a35</td> | <td>0.8.1a35</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>N/A</td> |
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<td>1.0 RC (50460)</td> | <td>1.0 RC (50460)</td> | ||
<td>0.9.0d89</td> | <td>0.9.0d89</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>Beta 1 (1.4.0)</td> |
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<td>[http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=624306 8 GB]</td> | <td>[http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=624306 8 GB]</td> | ||
<td>?</td> | <td>?</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>?</td> |
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<td bgcolor="#f0f0f0">'''Guest Tools'''</td> | <td bgcolor="#f0f0f0">'''Guest Tools'''</td> | ||
− | <td>Windows <br>Linux | + | <td>Windows <br>Linux</td> |
<td>Windows <br>Linux <br>Solaris <br>FreeBSD <br>Novell</td> | <td>Windows <br>Linux <br>Solaris <br>FreeBSD <br>Novell</td> | ||
− | <td>None</td> | + | <td>None (?)</td> |
− | <td>Windows <br>Linux | + | <td>Windows <br>Linux</td> |
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<td>Unity</td> | <td>Unity</td> | ||
<td>None (?)</td> | <td>None (?)</td> | ||
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<td>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_CoXsXtk4 DirectX 8.1]</td> | <td>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_CoXsXtk4 DirectX 8.1]</td> | ||
<td>None (?)</td> | <td>None (?)</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>None (?)</td> |
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<td>64-bit guests <br>Multiprocessor guests <br>Battery information in the guest <br>Built-in VNC server <br>[http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/paravirtualization.html Paravirtualization extensions (VMI)]</td> | <td>64-bit guests <br>Multiprocessor guests <br>Battery information in the guest <br>Built-in VNC server <br>[http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/paravirtualization.html Paravirtualization extensions (VMI)]</td> | ||
<td>?</td> | <td>?</td> | ||
− | <td>Built-in RDP server<br>USB over RDP | + | <td>Built-in RDP server (?) <br>USB over RDP (?)</td> |
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"Latest Stable/Development" is as of July 5, 2007. | "Latest Stable/Development" is as of July 5, 2007. | ||
− | <nowiki>*</nowiki>: Unlike Unity, windows in Coherence do not individually work with Expose and cannot be independently mixed with OS X windows; they all act as a group | + | <nowiki>*</nowiki>: Unlike Unity, windows in Coherence do not individually work with Expose and cannot be independently mixed with OS X windows; they all act as a group. . . . |
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== Parallels Desktop == | == Parallels Desktop == | ||
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=== Overview === | === Overview === | ||
− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware VMware] kicked off virtualization on x86 hardware in the late 1990s, and was later acquired by [http://www.emc.com/news/emc_releases/showRelease.jsp?id=2025&l=en&c=US EMC]. Although VMware products are capable of using | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware VMware] kicked off virtualization on x86 hardware in the late 1990s, and was later acquired by [http://www.emc.com/news/emc_releases/showRelease.jsp?id=2025&l=en&c=US EMC]. Although VMware products are capable of using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization virtualization hardware extensions], this functionality is off by default because for normal workloads, it's actually [http://www.vmware.com/pdf/asplos235_adams.pdf slower] for the current generation of hardware extensions. |
Fusion uses the same disk format as other VMware products, so you can move virtual machines between them. Fusion uses a native Cocoa UI. You can download hundreds of [http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/ free preconfigured virtual machines] for use with VMware products (in some cases they may require minor tweaking to work). | Fusion uses the same disk format as other VMware products, so you can move virtual machines between them. Fusion uses a native Cocoa UI. You can download hundreds of [http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/ free preconfigured virtual machines] for use with VMware products (in some cases they may require minor tweaking to work). | ||
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==== Enable paravirtualization support ==== | ==== Enable paravirtualization support ==== | ||
Normally, guests can't tell they're in a virtualized environment. Better performance can be obtained by bending this restriction a little, such as by installing guest tools. Some modern operating systems such as Ubuntu 7.04 go even further, with the kernel itself being virtualization-aware. To enable this in Fusion, add <code>vmi.present = "TRUE"</code> to the virtual machine's vmx file. <br> | Normally, guests can't tell they're in a virtualized environment. Better performance can be obtained by bending this restriction a little, such as by installing guest tools. Some modern operating systems such as Ubuntu 7.04 go even further, with the kernel itself being virtualization-aware. To enable this in Fusion, add <code>vmi.present = "TRUE"</code> to the virtual machine's vmx file. <br> | ||
− | To check if VMI is enabled you can run <code>#grep VMI /boot/config-<kernel version></code>. This feature was added to the kernel in version 2.6. | + | To check if VMI is enabled you can run <code>#grep VMI /boot/config-<kernel version></code>. This feature was added to the kernel in version 2.6.21. . |
==== Enable scaled fullscreen guest ==== | ==== Enable scaled fullscreen guest ==== | ||
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== Q == | == Q == | ||
− | Download from the [http://www.kju-app.org/ developer site]. | + | Download from [http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/q%5Bkju%5D.html Apple] or go to the [http://www.kju-app.org/kju/ developer site]. |
=== Overview === | === Overview === |