[ale] CPU without VT-x and which virtualization kvm/VirtualBox

[DJ-Pfulio]

Virtualbox should work on the core2duo - provided there is enough RAM and you
properly tune the host and guestOS settings (like my many virtualbox
presentations suggest). A C2D E6600 was the first CPU that really did justice to
virtualization, IMHO. 90-95% of native speed (non-graphics) really did work.
http://blog.jdpfu.com/slowVbox

LXC is another option on pretty much any modern Linux - including netbooks.
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2014/10/21/fast-and-easy-lxc-deployment-for-development
Forget virtualbox on the netbook unless it has a Haswell or better CPU, but feel
free to try it, if you like. A chromebook with Celeron Haswell does KVM fine (it
has VT-x), except 2G of RAM really isn't enough to be useful AND run a lite
desktop AND run a small VM AND share video RAM.


On 02/17/2015 08:57 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> Friends:
> 
> I just found that the two laptops I have
> 
> 1. Core2Duo (2006 CPU) without VT-x
> 2. Netbook with Atom CPU.
> 
> 
> It is my understanding that I am not able to use KVM on these machines but
> I can use Virtualbox.  Is that a fair understanding or I can't do any
> virtualization at all ?
> 
> Please advise.