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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?
From:       "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03 () volumehost ! net>
Date:       2008-12-23 14:12:36
Message-ID: 200812230812.41174.bss03 () volumehost ! net
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On Monday 22 December 2008, Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org> 
wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?':
>All I really wanted was to run MS Windows to watch TV online and maybe
>play games; I'm thinking maybe qemu is the way to go for that.

Some games are not going to be playable under an emulator (kvm, qemu, 
virtualbox, vmware-workstation) or under a hypervisor (xen, vmware-esx).  
Anything that uses Direct3D, e.g., needs direct hardware access to the 
video card, which isn't available under either of those environments right 
now.
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