From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-132308-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RZQCX-0007Rt-E4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:55:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5AF5421C25A; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:54:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFD1A21C080 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:53:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so7467220wgb.10 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:53:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9FYK50yHRWqcRBtryGDuOyapeb9c+v0Ff7slUZ6rDmc=; b=SF3hkwnauA2KhflsOeQhvC+vUqJsEv/5NpyAElApn3/C3RS7B/e44Jp3vb3HfkhGIb yw/N0/pqZW6kIhV/e/zh7AUpBL+13iaYH1jNJ/mc9uyF0js3/FkUI8tiuGGCC16az7Oi fry6/fMAhidsRLPZQ0ZHqvRUDqdvOxDBy1t2M= Received: by 10.180.92.41 with SMTP id cj9mr15375974wib.21.1323535994951; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:53:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m25sm16722143wbp.6.2011.12.10.08.53.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:53:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:53:06 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse Message-ID: <20111210185306.5f4ffc59@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG-YhMv3fZGjJYg5MWQAbWDRYsCsMSJ6=ARRUCorExi96e_GOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <i4JK9-7dj-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <20111206220439.GA15412@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <jbm89c$gjk$2@dough.gmane.org> <C6D6F24B-C806-4296-9945-14B4C62FD47C@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <CAG-YhMtn6f=+qrd_gj3vdjxq7OUo_O9Nr14PzBspQuj5bAgvWw@mail.gmail.com> <CA+hid6GMJL4SGbj8cadkzUKBBafZWF=w+_10aop8uEOr7VaWOA@mail.gmail.com> <CAG-YhMtb_=ZYS4k7Cq2nHipCxvnawWEt-tFf63NXRjY978RqWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20111208162916.2b486c4d@rohan.example.com> <CAG-YhMvkU_gqay4=BuuATCmjmkFo3osauesngqf=XQ5+4CztEg@mail.gmail.com> <CA+hid6GAKpniyLZq_EO-mysJN8WZp1DqKnjf92+Rw7GNu3DrPQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAG-YhMueNM7VjOUQWtozxh7adyAqt-_6XaD7Cr1UeJkUx71nNw@mail.gmail.com> <CAG-YhMuu=ZpGihnc4DU9BcvZkrKvi+jB72QJKH0Z3zYbzeY_og@mail.gmail.com> <CA+czFiBB6f_62aKu-HKVJBoC-a+Oai3Zz=V3fw7NATgj74qz=g@mail.gmail.com> <CAG-YhMtLtqSx5E7n+iR1ELP1-3QhKM=W-SZCjFBnv4iTnMr-dA@mail.gmail.com> <4EE35F37.5080300@darkmetatron.de> <CAG-YhMv3fZGjJYg5MWQAbWDRYsCsMSJ6=ARRUCorExi96e_GOw@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 07af66fa-f3fb-4e68-9f58-b0cd7d137224 X-Archives-Hash: 2ff6dd2f56c351909444156ef1b3b7e1 On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:47:47 -0500 LinuxIsOne <linuxisone@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Sebastian Be=C3=9Fler > <sebastian@darkmetatron.de> wrote: >=20 > > Virtualbox is mostly self-explaining so that should not be so much > > of a problem. >=20 > VB works from within another OS or needs memory of HDD? >=20 VirtualBox is a program that runs on a working system with a functioning OS. Like all programs it needs resources like memory and hard disk space. Unlike most programs it usually uses a LOT of memory and hard disk space to be useful. --=20 Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com