Depends on your skill set. I've ran SCO and BSD unix
out of Oracle VBOX on 32 bit Win 7. Tried to run OSX 10
but I found out it requires Intel architecture instead of my
six core AMD Phenom II Thurban on Asus hardware.
I ran NT4 Hydra Server on a 120mhz P1 Compaq Prosignia 300 server
with 520 mbytes of ram and a 4 gig SCSI hard drive. Took
a half hour to boot but when it was booted it ran and didn't
require a reboot for a year. I used that for a cable modem
router before the hardware routers came to be.
It's all how you pay your dues.
From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com>
To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] BF-V6