[PLUG] Installing Kubuntu in VMware on XP

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Jan 22, 2008 3:26 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have space on my XP laptop to load VMware Server (which I have done),
> and want to try different versions of Linux on it starting with Kubuntu.
> Has anyone done this?
>
> The laptop is an Acer Aspire 1640Z with a 1.7 GHz Pentium M and 1 GB of
> RAM. I accepted the defaults when I created the virtual machine: 512 MB
> memory, 8 GB Max hard disk, bridged Ethernet.
>
> What things will I wish I had know after I've started?
>
> Of all the possible downloads, which one(s) should I start with?

Ubuntu has pre-made virtual machines here:
http://isv-image.ubuntu.com/vmware/

If you install by yourself, you will want to install the guest
addition drivers.  Also, you might want to check out VirtualBox
instead of VMware...
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Kristian Erik Hermansen
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