Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop

From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] VMware Workstation 6.0?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:24:17
Message-Id: 1170886778.11293.19.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] VMware Workstation 6.0? by Lindsay Haisley
1 On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:01 -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
2 > On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:04 -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
3 > > I don't add beta software for commercial products into the tree unless
4 > > it's been authorized by the company. If you want the beta, use the
5 > > overlay. Once 6.0 goes final, I'll add it to the tree.
6 >
7 > So Chris, at the risk of being a bit OT, what's Workstation 6.0 going to
8 > have in it that's not in 5.5?
9
10 Mostly Vista support and new hardware support, such as USB 2.0 and
11 64-bit sound. It also has both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries, so it'll be
12 a native 64-bit application on 64-bit machines, giving a nice
13 performance boost.
14
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16 Chris Gianelloni
17 Release Engineering Strategic Lead
18 Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams
19 Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee
20 Gentoo Foundation

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Re: [gentoo-desktop] VMware Workstation 6.0? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>