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[News] Platform Gap Blurring with Virtualisation and Wine

  • Subject: [News] Platform Gap Blurring with Virtualisation and Wine
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:54:00 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Windows Application Emulation: Wine vs VirtualBox  

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| In my ever ongoing efforts to completely shed all connections to Microsoft 
| Windows and all Windows applications, including 3rd party ones, I've been 
| doing a lot of research over time into various methods by which I could make 
| that one final push to completely shed all of those lingering connections. 
| But alas, it's been much harder than I could have expected. That's not to say 
| it's impossible, but there certainly seems to be a lot of things out there 
| bent on NOT letting me make that last step. So it's less an issue with what 
| I'm doing or not doing, and more a case of forced adherence to a system I'd 
| like to separate myself from.        
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=394

PC? Mac? Linux? Who knows?

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| Whatever the differences between the Mac and PC, Linux can be used on either, 
| Phippen said. 
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http://media.www.utahstatesman.com/media/storage/paper243/news/2008/03/26/Features/Pc.Mac.Linux.Who.Knows-3284305.shtml


Recent:

This is why I’ll always remain a Microsoft skeptic

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| But the real reason for Microsoft’s capitulation became clear on March 7 via 
| a new joint-status report in the Microsoft-Department of Justice case. It 
| turns out BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies (a long-time Microsoft partner) 
| filed a complaint with antitrust regulators about Microsoft’s virtualization 
| restrictions.    
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1256


Related:

New Phoenix BIOS will run Linux apps when Windows fails

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| The basic concept is that an embedded Linux OS will accompany the core system 
| firmware or BIOS, allowing instant-on applications to be run from it at any 
| time.  
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http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Phoenix_BIOS_will_run_Linux_apps_when_Windows_fails/1202928412


Microsoft nonchalant about Phoenix assault on Windows

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| BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies Ltd.'s plans to market a new application 
| platform the company claims will solve a number of problems endemic to 
| Microsoft's Windows platform might be taken as a provocative gesture at their 
| longtime partner. But Redmond's immediate reaction was nonchalant.   
| 
| On Monday, the Milpitas, Calif. software maker announced Hyperspace, a 
| Linux-based virtualization platform that will let OEMs bundle cut-down 
| versions of popular open-source software that end users will be able to 
| access instantly, even without booting Windows.    
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=9045662&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top
http://tinyurl.com/3depfj


Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop

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| Phoenix Technologies' new HyperSpace is an instant-on environment for 
| laptops, letting users launch a browser or other apps with booting into the 
| OS.  
| 
| Today, Phoenix Technologies introduced a firmware product called HyperSpace, 
| which allows PCs to run a number of applications separate from the operating 
| system. What that means is that if you use a PC equipped with HyperSpace, you 
| will be able to quick-boot your notebook into a secure Linux environment, 
| where you can use Web browsers like FireFox and pre-loaded Web-aware apps 
| like Google Earth, Picasa, and the like.     
| 
| [...]
| 
| Also, since HyperSpace is a Linux-based platform, Windows viruses won't 
| affect it. 
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2211507,00.asp


Dell Creating Consumer PCs Complete with Virtualization

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| And in a similar fashion to what Parallels and VMware Fusion did for the 
| Intel-based Mac community, this could give the Linux operating system a boost 
| from consumers who want to use the open source software but don't want to 
| lose out on what Microsoft's Windows platforms offer.   
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2007/08/dell_creating_c.html


Dell to stuff hypervisors in flash memory

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| Dell CTO Kevin Kettler today confirmed these plans during a speech here at 
| LinuxWorld, saying the company expects to see major performance and 
| power-saving improvements by dumping a hypervisor in flash. Customers will 
| basically "boot to a virtual machine-ready" state, he said.   
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/07/dell_hypervisor_flash/


ASUS add WiFi-N, quick-boot Linux to P5E3 motherboard

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| hat last part is perhaps the most interesting; ASUS are calling it Express 
| Gate, but it’s basically a fast-boot alternative that, in just five seconds, 
| bypasses Windows and gives you a web-browser running in a custom Linux OS.   
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http://www.slashgear.com/asus-add-wifi-n-quick-boot-linux-to-p5e3-motherboard-267643.php


Mach Boot: The live CD that supposedly boots in 10 seconds

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| Mach Boot won't replace Knoppix, and it won't replace Puppy, DSL or NimbleX 
| either. But it's a tool all its own, one that could be very useful with a 
| little more development time.  
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/09/the_live_cd_that_supposedly_bo.html


Tiny WiFi-enabled Linux box boots in 1.1 seconds

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| Technologic continues to reduce the boot time, price, and size of
| its embedded boards and systems targeting remote sensing and other
| power-critical applications. Its new $100 ARM9-based TS-7400 board can
| boot Linux in 1.1 seconds, and is available as part of a tiny
| WiFi-enabled system.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6252722644.html


Flexible ARM9 SBC boots Linux in 1.69 seconds

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| Technologic Systems is offering a freely downloadable, Debian-based Linux
| OS image said to boot from an SD card in less than two seconds, on the
| company's ARM9-based SBC (single-board computer).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8933335475.html

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