LOL
PS : since you are the expert, I will post some questions in your direction this weekend or next week ( === your my technical linux client support contact :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ) wrt my linux problems and lack of knowledge ;-)
They have to be afraid! Nearly every big linux distri integrates xen and windows runs with xen and a virtualization capable processor without having to hack it
So there's no need for windows as host system :lol:
Ok, I'll stop proselytising you all :lol:
Ask whenever you want, I'll help you as far as I can
I also want to install Suse 10.1 next week (the CD is already downloaded), so I can also help you if it's a special thing. There's a big difference between Suse 10.0 and 10.1
The virtualization is very depended on hardware. On my system (AMD Athlon64 3200+, 1 GB RAM) using applications in the virtualized OS is very slow. For example the menus in C::B are drawn with noticeable delay. I guess dual core processor and some extra ram would help.
But I think processor with virtualization support would speed up the whole thing. But you're right, it's slower than the host system.
I'll test virtualization, but only OpenVZ. It supports running few Linux systems with one and the same kernel (there's nearly no overhead, so it runs as fast as usual)