Comments on: Virtualbox vs. VMware Server

By: anthony

anthony — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:16:34 +0000

If you are the sort of person who updates their kernel with every release then you deserve everything you get. Got nothing better to do?

By: Ealdor

Ealdor — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:42:43 +0000

Great guide, thanks.

By: david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:37:11 +0000

Ba Page,

I stand corrected! And thanks for writing out that -default option on the vmware-config.pl file. It will be handy for those who decide to stay with VMware.

In return, I’ve found the script command used for Virtualbox to reconfigure it after a kernel update:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

I’ve written a very, very short blog about this command. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

By: Ba Page

Ba Page — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:24:21 +0000

Sorry mate, you’re perspective is skewed.

VBox requires you to run a script after every kernel upgrade, just like VMWare.

VMWare’s time-wasting (as you called it) script does prompt you for anything if you throw on a ‘-default’ switch to the command, ie:
$ vmware-config.pl -default

you just spent 3 pages explaining to vbox users how to setup in vbox what vmware does for you automatically.

I recommend you try to get some journalistic research done before you start throwing big opinions around.