Re: [omnetpp] OMNeT++ on Windows or Linux

["Andras Varga" <andras at xxx>]

For Windows users, there're interesting alternatives to VMWare or
VirtualBox: andLinux and Ulteo Desktop:
  http://www.andlinux.org/
  http://www.ulteo.com/home/en/virtualdesktop

They run a full Linux distro (andLinux is a modified Ubuntu) inside a user
process on Windows. I tried andLinux. Faster than the
VMWare/VirtualBox-style solutions, but not nearly as fast as native Linux.
Very convenient though: the andLinux instance can be kept running all the
time, it's lightweight and unintrusive (I can close all its windows, and it
consumes no CPU cycles and only about 20MB of memory when unused), and I can
reopen "the" andLinux console any moment to resume work where I left off
last time. GUI apps work via an X server that runs as a separate Windows
process.

Of course if you plan to use Linux heavily, a standalone installation is
still a lot better.

Andras


> -----Original Message-----
> From: omnetpp-l-bounces at xxx [mailto:omnetpp-l-bounces at xxx]
> On Behalf Of Alfonso Ariza
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:18 AM
> To: OMNeT++ Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [omnetpp] OMNeT++ on Windows or Linux
> 
> In my opinion the election is Linux.
> If you want to use the laptop for develop code other option is use vmware
> with Linux.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Nauman Javed" <njaved at xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:09 PM
> To: "OMNeT++ Discussion List" <omnetpp-l at xxx>
> Subject: [omnetpp] OMNeT++ on Windows or Linux
> 
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I've been using OMNeT++ 3.2 for a while now on my Linux-based PC. Now
> > I want to install OMNeT++ (possibly the newest version) on my laptop
> > that already runs on Windows XP Home Edition.
> >
> > I want advice on which option is better for my laptop, 1) installing
> > OMNeT++ to run on Windows, OR 2) to install a Linux version (say
> > Ubuntu) on my laptop and install OMNeT++ to run on that Linux?
> >
> > Please suggest considering all different kinds of issues with the
> > installation and ease (or lack thereof) of using OMNeT++ in both the
> > operating system environments (and possibly other important issues).
> >
> > Thanks and regards!
> >
> > Nauman Javed
> > PhD Student
> > Electrical and Computer Engineering
> > University of Massachusetts at Amherst
> > U.S.A.
> >
> >
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