Good thing for testing linux distros in our pc or laptop.
with vmPlayer from vmware (at no cost) you can test any OS into your main
pc/laptop and after a time simply delete the folder containing the
v-machine!
I suggest for clarity creating the tree:
c:\vmware here the general things as the player itself or your notes howto
c:\vmware\win7 here the v-machine with win7
c:\vmware\ubuntu9 and so on
of course these folder, and the v-machines of course, can be created in an
external harddisk
I recommend one folder for each v-machine because one v-machine can have
several files.
of course don't play the player or even any vmware in low resources pc,
although you can define a vm with only 64K+500MB for an small OS.
creating vm for windows is an pain in the ass, because you need all the
install procedure (**) and the worst you need an valid license code keys and
activating the software.
** (from my son hands) one way to get time and being able to install and
reinstall some things on top of an OS is creating an empty vm, install the
OS (i.e. win7) and BACKUP the folder (zip in external usb or disk), install
the applications (i.e. RDi) and within 60 days of trial DELETE the folder
and RESTORE the saved one, and voila you can install RDi for other 60 days
(this paragraph was write for my son, I'm not responsible for nothing(8^)).
for real thing I can run three vm: win98, winXP and Ubuntu into my 4GB pc
(intel processor not double core, maybe 3/4 years old). vmPlayer (three
instances running) takes always 30% to 50% of cpu. but guy you can run four
different OS.
VMware Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the
same time on your PC:
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
here is the download for free (need to register only):
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/download.html
works like a charm.
simply, the vmPlayer lets you "run" existents virtual machines.
but the trick is that there are hundreds of virtual machines (appliances)
made ready to run, mainly all the linux distros are available, and even
there is some pages for creating skeleton of mv-machines.
here you've some ready machines:
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/
for example you can download +free+ the Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop with VMware
Tools <
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1224>:
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/649
its a big one, 1+ gigabyte, but you can use uTorrent from
http://download.cnet.com.
this distro includes OpenOffice and others, taking 3+ gigas in harddisk
this site is also a gem: all the linux distros available:
http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/
even you can make skeletons of empty v-machines for later install the OS at
your election as win7, win98, winXP, linux...
http://www.skrodahl.net/easyvmx.shtml
other nice site:
Creating an XP Pro VM for the free VMware Player
http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2005/10/26/vmware-player-windows-xp.html
even this mes have created some empty skeletons ready to play:
http://johnbokma.com/vmware-player/empty-vmware-virtual-disk-files.html
thats all about, vmPlayer is really easy & powerfull, even fun if you've
some free time.
Note: due the character of this forum, the info about using vm is NOT
intended to be used in the end users pc, but for testing purpouses in the
developers pc in order to later decide what distro install in the end user
and in order to get learning in the linux area.
Best Wishes,
Guillermo.
http://RpgForWeb.com <
http://rpgforweb.com/>
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