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Re: [Plug] VMware for Linux
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I tested it over the past weekend and the bottom line is: Very stable for a
1.0 release and works as advertised.
Specifics:
Software
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RedHat Linux 6.0 with Gnome (host operating system)
Windows NT 4.0 w/Service Pack 5
Microsoft Office 98
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Hardware
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AMD K6/2 400Mhz
192MB RAM
1.6 GB Disk (I swapped my main drive so don't laugh :-)
yada yada yada
It performs well given I have a decent power plant. I'm shocked how easy
it was to install NT. It creates a virtual PC and you just put in your CD
and tell the virtual PC to boot and voila a windows NT setup screen.
Networking was perfect. IP, Windows Networking, and the like. I hadn't
tried any non-ip based networking but based on the method used to emulate
networking I have to assume it would work fine regardless of protocol.
Download the windows performance pack from vmware and you get the drivers
to support true color at the max resolution reported by Xfree86.
All in all I think I'll start using it seriously in the not too distant future.
At 11:52 AM 6/16/99 -0400, Mike Wilson wrote:
>See also latest Linux Journal (July) for user review.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Shana H. Pote <SHP@hangley.com>
>To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 9:59 AM
>Subject: [Plug] VMware for Linux
>
>
>> I don't know if anyone has heard of this, but it sounds amazing, and the
>> Linux version is available now for commercial and non-commercial users
>> alike. The NT version is due out "the middle of June".
>>
>> The software allows you to run multiple OS environments
>> *simultaneously* on a single PC, and it's NOT emulation, but the actual
>> OS(s). Minimum requirements are quite reasonable. I see *tremendous*
>> applications for this.
>>
>> There's a review of it at
>> "http://www.windowstechedge.com/wte-1999-03/wte-03-vmware.html?0315n";, and
>the vendor is at "http://www.vmware.com";.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>> Shana H. Pote
>>
>> P.S.: Does anyone know how to pluralize OS?
>>
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