Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 0.14 rc1 virtualization testing & howt…

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Author: adev
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 0.14 rc1 virtualization testing & howto install virtualbox and vmplayer
> 29/10/12 21:38, anonym wrote:
>> 29/10/12 19:41, adev@??? wrote:
>>> anonym wrote:
>>>> Actually the Tails host I did this from was itself a VirtualBox guest,
>>>> so it also shows that nested VMs work, but the nested-guest is slooow.
>>>
>>> How slow? Unusably slow? Would Tails need to do something different to
>>> ship a virtualized tails solution?
>>
>> Well, about as slow as running from DVD I'd say. It's mostly booting it
>> up that takes time.
>
> Apparently VirtualBox doesn't support hardware virtualization
> (VT-x/AMD-V) if it's run inside a guest:
>
>     https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/4032

>
> Too bad, at least for people that don't run Tails directly on hardware,
> but in a VM. That makes KVM look more attractive, although its GUIs are
> less easy to use. Hmm.
>
> Cheers!
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Yes, lets think about other virtualization options other than only virtualbox