On 17/7/24 05:47, DdB wrote:
Since you do not object to the use of current Windows, i would be surprised, if it would be impossible to run it in vbox. One thing though: Back in the days, i was using commodity hardware, limiting the things, i could do. My current box has plenty of RAM, processing power and disk space, so even running several VMs simultaneously doesnt cause any headache.
I have (un)fortunately spent a lot of time this year installing and operating VMs of many varieties. Most were on AWS, Azure, VMWare Workstation Pro and some on KVM/QEMU
The basic distinction between windows and linux as a client is the amount of virtual disk required. A basic windows install uses 60Gb, though perhaps 40 will do? Windows will run on 1GB RAM but 2-4 GB is preferred.
A basic linux LAMP server will fit on 10GB disk and can run on 1GB ram with a swap file.
Out of interest I have installed Windows XP under VirtualBox. It runs really fast compared to the later bloatware versions of Windows.
