Slightly OT

[Mike McCarty]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 08:56, Claude Jones wrote:
> 
>>>I know I can run Linux under VMWare for Windows, but can I run WinXP
>>>under Linux?  What products are available?  Any FC4 rpms that woould fit
>>>the bill?
> 
> 
>>If you just want to open a VM under Linux, there's the vmwareplayer, a free 
>>download. I've got it running on both my FC4 boxes, and the one VM I use is 
>>WinXP, created on a WinXP workstation running VMWare - it works well. 
> 
> 
> The catch is that you can't create a new virtual machine with the
> free player, although you can get a 30-day demo of workstation,
> create some, and continue to run them with player after the demo
> expires if you don't need the extra workstation features enough
> to buy it.  The new server version released in beta may include
> the ability to create machines too - I haven't had time to try
> it yet.  But the player is a great thing to have around and
> nice to try out new versions of OS's and applications that
> people are packaging at http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/community.html.
> 
> If you've ever thought about trying to install or test something
> but held back because you were afraid you'd screw up your
> machine, this is the solution.

There was recently some discussion on this very topic on
Fedora Legacy.

Mike
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