On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:16:26 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am trying to get a VMware virtual machine going on my Kubuntu box.
> 
>   My honest advice is: "don't even try".
> 
>   My exp. is that VMware under Linux is that it is an unstable P.O.S.
> I had an instance of it running for a very few days, and it then
> collapsed utterly.
> 
>   OTOH VirtualBox just chugged on, and on, and on, .... .
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely etc.
> Christopher Sawtell

b*ll*x

vmware server works great. I use it everywhere, the snapshots make repeatable 
testing a breeze, and I virtualise my mail and web servers at home. Completely 
reliable, unlike one of my cow-orkers on Vista ( although that could be him! ).

To get vmware server 1.0.6 running on ubuntu hh, you also need to patch it 
using vmware-any-any-update117a.tgz ( or maybe greater, but I last installed on 
this PC only a month or so ago ). I just downloaded the tar file from 
vmware.com and followed the instructions ( ./vmware_installer.pl iirc ). You 
need linux headers installing first. Installation will generate all the support 
you need for the 3 networking options vmware offers, and by default the webby 
stuff hangs off port 902.

You will need to recompile modules when your kernel is upgraded, but that's not 
really the end of the world!

Drop me a line if you're still stuck...


Steve



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