[nflug] running linux in vm, off cd-rom, from within MS Windows, etc.

[Robert Wolfe]

Daniel V wrote:
> Virtual machines are fine but what about someone who
> is leery of having their computer altered in any way?
>
> It couldn't get any easier than booting up with Linux
> and it doesn't change anything at all on your hard
> drive unless you want it to.
>
> Virtualization is part of Red Hat Enterprise 5, and
> CentOS 5 should be out shortly.
>
> There are also ways of running Linux from within MS
> Windows.
>   

Good morning, everyone!  Saw Dan's post so just had to respond. :)

Personally, I have used VirtualBox, and, while in some cases it may be a 
decent product, I have had very limited success with it.  That is why I 
decided to stick with VMware 5.5 and 6.0 beta.  I run 6.0 beta under 
Windows Vista Business on my laptop and switch between the x86 and x64 
versions of CentOS 4 quite often ... often to do cross-architechture 
development.  This works out quite well for me.

Admittedly (and I know Dan is going to give me flack for this one <G>) I 
also run the x86 version of Solaris on the same VMWare setup -- again, 
for cross-platform development.

On the other hand, here at work, I use VMWare under Xubuntu/Edubuntu 
(depending on what GUI I happen to be using at the time) to run Windows 
XP Professional because of some things I have to do under that OS.

But, in the long run, I am quite pleased with the VMware product and 
would actually recommend it to anyone who wants to dabble in Linux 
without compromising their Windows boxen.

Just my $.02 worth.

PS:  When all is said and done, however, I still prefer my 
Debian-powered Sun Ultra 5 box if I want to be the purveyor of anything 
Linux :P~

-- 
Robert Wolfe (MCP/Linux+) <rwolfe at shatterit.com>
Shatter I.T. Global Services, Buffalo, NY
http://www.shatterit.com

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