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Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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>> On 5/20/06, *Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC* <chad@×××××.net |
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>> I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that |
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>> means |
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>> in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. |
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>> Opinions |
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>> welcome. Flames somewhat less so. |
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>> I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging |
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>> Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I |
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>> notice |
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>> that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any |
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>> more. I could do very well with the player, which is free. |
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>> I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my |
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>> Mac Mini arrives... |
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>> There is this which fits your budget |
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>> <http://www.parallels.com <http://www.parallels.com>/> |
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> Yes, the price is right, but when I tried it I could not make it work. |
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> ++ kevin |
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I am using VMware 4.x workstation. The workstation performance is |
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better than the free versions. I use Linux for my main desktop, however |
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I do MS Win C# programming for a living so I couldn't just ditch WinXP. |
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I find using VMWare very acceptable performance-wise, about 90% of my |
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AMD64 3200+ speed, with 2GB I don't even notice I am running WinXP in a |
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virtual machine. |
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However, the 4.x version is getting a little outdated, and doesn't have |
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the cleanest install on a 2.6 kernel. From time to time, I get sound |
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locking issues, or the VMware kernel modules won't load even though I |
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didn't change my kernel. So I went to look to upgrade/purchase the 5.x |
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version and it is a little costly for home use. It is dirt cheap for |
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corporate use though. |
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Thanks for the link to Parallels. The price is great. I will go give |
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it a test and and report back. |
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I would think that Parallels works on Gentoo. They have a screenshot of |
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it running on Gentoo with a Fedora VM. |
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http://www.parallels.com/files/upload/ecomfedora_gentoo.gif |
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Jim |
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