Difference between revisions of "Take use of virtualization"
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* in big companies, to take best use out of your computing resources | * in big companies, to take best use out of your computing resources | ||
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Revision as of 07:20, 26 August 2008
Virtualization allows you to run several "seeming-as-if" (virtual) computers on one computer. This can help you
- to work in several isolated VPN environments on one computer
- to test several Linux distributions running at the same time on one computer
- for developers, to test "dangerous" changes like on the login manager or the boot sector
- in big companies, to take best use out of your computing resources
Topics
Solutions
Comparison
- Virtualbox - easy to use and easy to install
