Michael Herger wrote:
I thought you might want to distribute a VM version of slimCD...
I thought about this. But there are two reasons I don't think it makes
a lot of sense:
- setting up a VM yourself is really easy (given you're using that
live disk VM)
- the main problem remains the same as when using the CD with your
computer: how to connect SlimCD to your collection - that's no easy
task for a Linux newbie
As an alternative I just did a quick test with a "SlimNAS" VM, based
on FreeNAS, featuring two shares (Music and SlimNAS installation
folder). A full install with a 100GB virtual disk would easily fit in
a 100MB ZIP archive. But again: does it make sense copying a
collection to a virtual disk, if it's already on your harddisk?
And a VM run on your computer needs a lot more RAM than the SlimServer
itself. So... while this is might be a good approach for demoing the
possibilities, I don't think it's mass market. There must be something
leaner than VMware to make this approach reasonable.
OK, makes sense.
Regards,
Peter
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