QEMU (PC emulator)
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:41 am
Hi,
I'd like to suggest QEMU for the collection.
The web-site is http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ and the windows executable can be obtained from http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/.
QEMU allows you to run many operating systems (e.g. Linux or XP) from a disk image in an emulated PC (x86 or ARM, Sparc, PowerPC or MIPS).
This way you can run your non-portable applications in a portable emulator!
Although it is certainly not as fast as VMware it has the advantage that it has user-mode network simulation built in. This makes portable network access possible (you don't have to install services or virtual network connectors on the host PC).
I personally think QEMU is a really cool piece of software!
Enjoy,
I'd like to suggest QEMU for the collection.
The web-site is http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ and the windows executable can be obtained from http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/.
QEMU allows you to run many operating systems (e.g. Linux or XP) from a disk image in an emulated PC (x86 or ARM, Sparc, PowerPC or MIPS).
This way you can run your non-portable applications in a portable emulator!
Although it is certainly not as fast as VMware it has the advantage that it has user-mode network simulation built in. This makes portable network access possible (you don't have to install services or virtual network connectors on the host PC).
I personally think QEMU is a really cool piece of software!
Enjoy,