[wplug] Alternatives to vmware

[Joe Gallo]

> Normally apps run about 5-10 times as slow, but if
> you're on x86 or x86-64 you can get the QEMU accelerator.  That makes it
> run about as fast as VMWare.  However, the accelerator is proprietary
> and closed source right now.  He's trying to get donations to cover some
> of the cost.

There is a free software drop in equivalent for the accelerator that can
be found here: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/qvm86/

It is still in the early stages of development, though, and only x86.
It already works with qemu running a variety of guest OSes, though.

Similarly, http://www.freeoszoo.org/ is a great resource for running
emulated OSes under qemu.  They have pre-installed images of many guest
OSes available for download (Darwin and other BSDs, several GNU/Linux
distros, FreeDOS, and even ReactOS).

Have fun!