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Re: [PLUG] VMware in Ubuntu repos?
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FWIW, since switching to Hardy, I have also switched to kvm for my
virtualization needs.
-- Bhaskar
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:27 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> VMware Server used to be in
> http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-commercial/main/binary-i386/Packages.
> But there are no "*-commercial" repos since Feisty, and I can't find
> it in any repo I've found.
>
> I know how to install it manually, and have done so many times, but it
> would sure be nice if it was "officially" in a repo. Anyone have any
> ideas what happened?
>
> BTW, I also see that virtualbox-ose *is* in the repos, and several
> people on this list and elsewhere have recommended I check it out, which
> I'll get around to. It seems to have better USB support than VMware
> too... Anyone want to do a demo of it? And/or a comparison between
> VMware Server, Workstation and VB-OSE?
>
> Clues?
> JP
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