I work at a job doing mostly ASP.NET programming on a Win2k server, and I was really wanting a local Linux environment (cygwin won't work) to test some stuff with, so I figured I would try the Bochs CPU emulator (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/).
I never played with Bochs before, but installing/running Linux on Windows in a real VM is brain-dead easy. Just download, install, Start>Programs>Bochs x.x.x>DLX Linux, and I'm back in a place ruled by logic rather than marketing hype. ;) Obligatory screenshot: http://fuji.homeunix.org/bochs.jpg Strongly recommended for those who want to try running Linux on their Windows boxen without jumping through lots of hoops. And to boot, you get a virtual machine environment to install other operating systems in, though you won't get the speed of other commercial VMs, like VMware. For my command line driven purposes, it's good enough for me. Now to attempt to install OpenBSD in Bochs on my Win2k box! John Hebert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
