Recently in VirtualBox Category

I began to compare some different approaches to virtualization available and to visualize them with graphical pictograms.

I am appreciating your feedback whether I achieved that goal or not.

The following articles are available so far:

1. Why virtualization?
2. Userspace-based virtualization (the easy way)
3. Xen: Hypervisor-based virtualization
4. ESX: Hypervisor-based virtualization
   
5. Solaris Zones: A sharing approach
   
6. Hybrid methods: KVM
   

Start Photo Album (20 pictures)! Starting in 1993, a "new" product soon became a synonym for a total nightmare and the equivalent of a today's childrens' toy.

Everybody which had access to "real" computers and systems began to feel embarassed, and all parts of the body began to ache suddenly when a collegue asked for help with Windows for Workgroups...

Microsoft wanted to do a facelift to Windows 3.1 and felt the pressure of OS/2 just poking around. It had networking, something Microsoft could not offer! So Windows for Workgroups was born as a fast hack. There was Windows 3.1 for Workgroups (not sold very often) and then Windows 3.11.

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ! Ready to go! (Photoalbum, 20 images).

Enjoy!

The system was installed with Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1.4, Settings:

As I have some days off, I have time to play with rather historic things - thanks to Sun's VirtualBox application. In the last days I created a little Microsoft OS zoo on my Notebook:

• a small Linux machine acting as a router between real network and a virtual one
• a windows for workgroups 3.11 box including network, sound and internet explorer 3 (!) (9 diskettes)
  
• a windows 95a box including 16,7 million colour graphics and Firefox 2.0.0.20 (!) (15 diskettes)
  
• a windows 98 box including 16,7 million colour graphics (a CD)
  
• a windows NT 3.51 box (a CD)
  
• an OpenSolaris 2008.11 box to test Samba interaction :)

Thank god I found all these setup diskettes in my university here... Making disk images was not so funny though, diskettes are not really long term storage...

As a side effect, I have got Firefox 2.0.0.20 working on Windows 95, even if the installer does not like it.