Subj : Re: Running linux in vm on li
To   : Minex
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Oct 16 2018 03:55 pm

  Re: Re: Running linux in vm on li
  By: Minex to Ennev on Tue Oct 16 2018 09:07 am

 Mi> This is pretty much what I do with my other BBS. I am running MajorBBS on
 Mi> Windows XP in a Virtual Machine on MacOS. I have an old 2006 Black Macbook
 Mi> that was collecting dust. I was going to sell it when I decided to turn it
 Mi> into a MajorBBS server and it actually runs surprisingly well.

In 2010, I had a Mac Mini and ran my BBS in a Windows 2000 VM on it for a
while.  It ran okay, although not as speedy as in other configurations I've run
it in.  Currently I'm running my BBS in a Windows 7 (32-bit) VM in VirtualBox
running on a Linux Mint host (I run other stuff on that machine), with an Intel
i5-9XX something, and it runs very well on it.

 Mi> If you would have told me in the early 1990's that I'd be running MajorBBS
 Mi> on a Apple computer in 2018, I wouldn't have believed you, lol.

Yeah, things can change a lot.  I'm not sure there was much virtualization
software for the Mac before they started using Intel processors.  I've heard
rumors that Apple is planning to switch to ARM processors for their Mac
starting in 2020 though.

Nightfox

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