<quote who="Marcelo Chiapparini"> > Hi all, > > I would like to know if anyone in this list is using VMWare > Workstation in order to run flavours of Windows with Debian GNU > Linux as the host machine.
i use vmware on debian for many things, one of which is running win2000 with pcanywhere to manage the ~4 NT servers i have at the company(luckily i have about 60 linux/unix servers so headaches are avoided). it works well. never crashed. my system at work has been up for 214 days.. i don't do much other then pcanywhere, i can only stand to use it for limited amounts of time during the day(not vmware, but win2000). ive reinstalled win2000 at least twice since i last rebooted the host, and am reinstalling it a 3rd time as soon as i get a chance. i also use it to test stuff in debian and in freebsd. solaris 7 works more or less on vmware. if using vmware i reccomend a fast system, mimimal 450mhz, 256MB. i'd go with 512MB minimum now though with 512MB pc133 kingston at $73. you can do with less but its not fun. the best part is the undoable disks, its nice to test software, then when your done hit the virtual power button(dont bother with shutting down properly), and hit the discard button when prompted to restore the machine to the point when it last was powered on. thats the ultimate uninstall. nate
