I would highly recommend VMware. I just installed SuSE 7.3 (really slick by the way - I am real happy w/ it) and am evaluating VMware 3.0. I have found that it is a really slick product; easy to configure and set up. Its performance is pretty good (its running on a pentium II 400 mhz with 384MB of RAM). Installation of the OS and any optional software is kind of slow, but other than that it is like a real small machine on the desktop.
I've been recently using it to test my Samba configuration (so I don't have to kick my kids off they're win2k box). I installed it with win2k. It runs like a champ and I don't have to boot into a specialized kernel (like with Win4Lin). It is a bit pricy though ($299 US). They have an express version (win95/98 only) which is VMware 2.0 for only $49 US which I may decide to go for since I really don't have to have win2k... SO, if you don't want to buy and set up another box, but have enough memory and horsepower in the linux-to-be box, that would be the route I would take. IMHO > My office manager's win98 system is problematic, with frequent crashes, etc. > I am looking to replace this system with linux. This system (k6-400,256mb) > runs a foxpro database-office management system, and basic office software. > The office software can easily be handled by linux, but what is the best > approach in operating the database? VNC off a win2k box? A new virtual > machine in vmware run local or remote? Any thoughts? > > Thanks > Wade ===== _____________________________ Susan Macchia mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________ - Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
