On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:49:57 +1300
Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 22:47 +1300, Kerry Mayes wrote:
> > vmware server is also free and a better choice than player for most
> > applications.  I use it quite extensively for windows (all with valid
> > licences!) on ubuntu hosts.  It is now easy to install on ubuntu,
> > don't know how it would be on Fedora.
>
> I've found vmware a nightmare, particularly when it doesn't understand a
> latest kernel release, or when you've got a custom kernel it disagrees
> with. I hate custom kernels anyway.
>
> Qemu is slower but much more reliable - and the network interfaces
> actually work. No special kernels required and it runs on anything.
>
> Vik :v)

I've found exactly the same, except that I'd swap vmware server and QEMU around 
(:

Me like vmware lots. rpms are available on their website, so fedora should be 
ok. The binary installer works pretty well on most things... ubuntu - the one 
before feisty, debian stable, CentOS 4 32 bit, CentOS 5 64 bit at least.

Steve

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