[PLUG] Occasional windows, and VMware
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
znmeb at cesmail.net
Wed Jan 17 02:34:48 UTC 2007
Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Normally, you need the $$$ VMware Workstation to build the starting
> images that VMplayer works with. Ted Kubaska pointed out the site
> www.easyvmx.com, which will produce these images for you, and there
> are other websites like that. It works much better if the guest has
> a copy of VMware Tools, but those can be copied from one of the beta
> versions or demo disks.
>
There is also now the free as in beer VMware Server, which, while not as
good a development tool as VMware Workstation, *will* run on either a
Linux or Windows host and build virtual machines for the player to play.
I've never actually used the player -- I have a Windows host Workstation
license and a VMTN subscription. I've beta tested Workstation 6 on a
Linux host, and I'll probably not upgrade my Workstation 5.5 license or
renew the VMTN subscription -- VMware Server does what little I need. If
I buy anything at all it will be a Workstation 6 for a Linux host.
--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.
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