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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:46:22
Message-Id: 477e7c38-f54a-4559-9f7c-2feddadce004@email.android.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone? by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On 17 March 2014 18:44:15 CET, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 >On 17 March 2014 18:27:42 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
3 >wrote:
4 >>
5 >>Is it correct that vmware-server is out of portage?
6 >>
7 >>I have to migrate and upgrade an old box again and it is running
8 >kernel
9 >>2.6.25 ... now I have 3.10.25 and realise that it won't compile/run
10 >>vmware-server ... *sigh*
11 >>
12 >>So Plan B is migrating the VMs to KVM quickly ...
13 >>
14 >>Thanks for pointers, Stefan
15 >
16 >Not 100% sure, but I think vmware server got deprecated by VMWare
17 >themselves?
18 >
19 >Got replaced by VMWare ESX.
20 >Alternatives would be Xen or KVM.
21 >
22 >--
23 >Joost
24
25 Yep, just checked wikipedia.
26 Got deprecated. Last version dates back to 2009.
27
28 --
29 Joost
30 --
31 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone? "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>