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Re: [PLUG] VM offerings and USB support
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:05 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:13:59 -0500
> > From: "Art Alexion" <art.alexion@gmail.com>
> >
> > I have been happy using kvm/qemu to run TurboTax in a winXP vm. I
> > want to create an iTunes appliance to manage my iTouch which is not
> > handled by gtkpod, etc. iTunes 8, which is needed, does not run under
> > wine or crossover.
>
> Related, IIRC iTunes > 7.something(?) will not even install on W2K, it
> requires XP or "better," so watch out for that with older VMs/machines.
>
Not much reason to install win2k anymore anyway. Ironically, a few
years back when my son got his first iPod, it was the reason we
installed win2k, because iTunes wouldn't run on win98. Apparently,
win98 did not support the DRM. I don't know what reason, if any, it
no longer supports win2k, but as long as its not vista-only...
> I'd be interested in seeing a preso on Linux/Ubuntu virtualization
> solutions for both Linux and Windows (TurboTax/IE only, etc. stuff),
> including: VMWare, Virtual Box, kvm/qemu, _____, _____, etc...
>
Somebody asked me about that a couple of years ago when I mentioned
that I was doing it to run TurboTax. There isn't much to it beyond
getting a working VM and installing TT. The more interesting talk
would be exporting kmymoney or gnucash data so that it can be imported
into TT.
> I'm becoming less and less happy with VMware (as you'll see), but
> VirtualBox hasn't thrilled me yet either.
>
>
I haven't used VMWare since Ubuntu Dapper (whenver that was. I have a
co-worker who likes using it on a Linux host, while complaining how it
breaks every time there is a kernel update. I haven't tried it again
for that reason.
I have settled into kvm because its snappy and doesn't seem to have
problems with the kernel updates. That said, I hadn't fired it up
since spring taxes and it seems to have changed dramatically since
then. I had created Kmenu entries for different configurations, and
none of them work anymore. A lot of the stuff I used to do via the
command parameters seem to now be defaults, and it doesn't recognize
my old commands.
> > Has anyone had any luck creating a working iTunes appliance? Which vm
> > product best supports a USB port, kvm, virtualbox, vmware, parallels,
> > etc.?
>
> I can tell you that it will *not* work under VMware server 1.0, which
> only supports up to USB 1.1, and specifically does not support USB 2.0.
>
> USB 2.0 is supposed to work under VMware Server 2.0 (2.0.0-122956 was
> released 10/29/08). But I can't even get a login screen in the "new"
> and utterly loathsome web GUI (what moron thought THAT was a Good
> Idea?!?). Since they will eventually phase out the Server 1.x line,
> which is crippled by lack of USB 2.0 support, this does not bode well.
I didn't realize that iTunes currently doesn't support USB 1.1. When
my son ran it a few years ago on a PIII, it complained, transferred
files slower, but ran nonetheless.
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