[ale] Virtual machine questions for public use machines

[Alex Carver]

The machines have plenty of RAM but the guest OS needs to be Windows (as
they currently are).  There is an occasional need to run Windows-only
software on them (usually the lab equipment manufacturers servicing
software or similar) so it can't be just a basic Linux machine, it would
have to be a Windows guest VM on a Linux host.  The advantage with the
VM is that we can let the manufacturer service techs install the
software when they are here working on machines and then just purge the
VM container and put a fresh copy in place when they leave.

I'll keep LPS in mind for certain tasks later but I don't think it's the
best fit in this application.

On 2015-01-24 15:31, Justin W Elam wrote:
> OK
> Then try using these live discs in your existing public use machines.
> 
> Typically you will need 256 to 512 MB ram to run LPS fast
> 
> If you only have 128 MB of ram then Puppy might be better.
> 
> Both of these OS will run on bare metal with no hard drive.
> 
> You didn't state the public machine specs so I have no idea how much ram
> you have.
> 
> See the below links for more information.
> 
> http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123189629
> 
> LPS-Public-Deluxe.
> 
> http://spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm
> 
> Puppy Linux
> 
> Puppylinux.org
> 
> Either of these will be good enough to get to public internet sites like
> Google and USA.gov.
> 
> However puppy can mount the drives and LPS cannot
> 
> Both can use USB sticks and inputs.
> 
> You can print to any internet connected printer.
> 
> Have fun with your project.
> 
> Justin
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