VMware VS VirtualBox

[Derek Broughton]

Arnaud bourree wrote:

> 2009/3/15 Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>
> 
>> Arnaud bourree wrote:
>>
>> > Personaly, I used vmware-server because I don't need often console from
>> > hosted OS
>>
>> Could you explain, please?  Whether I have consoles is a function of the
>> definition of the virtual guest, not whether I'm running it under VMWare
>> or VirtualBox.
> 
> For my job I need vmware for virtual server: I used Konsole or FF to
> interact with.
> Because my office used Checkpoint-VPN1, I used a Windows VM to connect to
> my office: I made a tunnel for all needed remote ports and then closed
> vmware remote console.
> So I don't need vmware/virtualbox console always open.

So that still doesn't explain why you would therefore prefer vmware -
virtualbox gives you at least as many options.  I believe what you're
specifically looking for is, in VirtualBox, "VBoxHeadless" - and I think
using it is simpler in virtualbox than vmware, but that might just be me...
-- 
derek