Comments on: Instant On Linux Will Hammer Windows

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:33:19 +0000

I’ve always loved the idea of free software and one of these days I’ll finally end up with at least one box that’s totally Microsoft free.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:32:01 +0000

“This ghost hardware is the most simplistic version of hardware so that they can send signals through the VM”

Ok, I wasn’t aware of that but then again, I haven’t had a lot of time to gain experience with VM’s. Wouldn’t it be possible for a VM to have virtual device drivers that can somehow mirror the actual hardware in the machine?

By: Mikee

Mikee — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:05:31 +0000

Just FYI: WINE is NOT a virtual machine system. WINE is an application layer that simulates a Windows environment on a Linux PC. Basically creating the native Windows instruction set on top of the linux kernel. WINE can run a large number of Windows games, because it does have direct access to hardware via the kernel.

Virtual Machines (VMWare, VirtualBox, etc) create an entirely new system with ghost hardware. This ghost hardware is the most simplistic version of hardware so that they can send signals through the VM to linux, which sees it as another system entirely.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:46:27 +0000

Instead of paying for an upgrade to accommodate the latest popular software, I decided to respect my budget and go for a frugal solution. I installed the free Ubuntu software from the web! After a few weeks getting used to the differences I was up and running with a much superior and mostly free system. All the operation manuals are free on the net, and the operations are very much the same as the old system I used to use. Monthly trips to the computer dealer to speed up the system are no longer necessary and I haven’t seen a blue screen of death’ yet. Ubuntu boots up very fast on my computer but I would really like a system that boots even faster. I will be buying a new laptop in the near future and this is one feature I will be looking for!

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:39:46 +0000

“since the software is running from a read-only device, malware-laden sites won’t be able to do squat to the system.”

Instant pron!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:45:08 +0000

Granted that VM isn’t going to work for everything, it does work for a lot of stuff from what I’ve seen on the Wine site.

and Yeah, the best solution is for Linux OS to become popular enough so that game publishers will go the extra mile and make linux versions of their games.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:46:13 +0000

Stop screaming about them virtual machines dude… You can’t play games in a virtual machine, they don’t have direct hardware access, so any directx or similar is straight out impossible. Virtual Machines are not a solution for the linux community when it comes to the abysmal state of gaming.