On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Rahul Tidke wrote:
> Hello!
>
> How can I use CentOS as a complete desktop OS? I want to run Autodesk
> products on it like AutoCAD,Revit,3D Max,etc. Does Wine (winehq) support
> running such software?
No.
> Can I use (KVM,Xen) virtualization to run Windows XP and all commercial
> software on it? Does running XP in virtualization requires a license?
KVM runs Windows just fine for me.
Virtualization does not change anything about licensing. You still need a
license for all the software, but, for Windows there might be different
licensing models available to you when running in a virtualized
environment.
3D software packages are often limited by the fact that under a virtual
environment they are doing software based rendering. It will likely be
the performance killer aspect of virtualization in your environment.
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