----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "modperl" <modperl@perl.apache.org>
> >> 2. Pay up for VMWare Workstation. >> >> With VMWare you can have virtual linux sessions running in Windows. >> There's a free player and some free Linux virtual machines but if you >> want to create your own virtual system you will need Workstation >> (about 200 euro). With recent versions of the linux kernel you can >> create virtual OS's that share folders with Windows (or the other way >> round if you have Linux as your native OS). Even without shared folder >> support you can access the virtual system from the host system via SSH >> etc. >> > > Nah - tried VMWare. For a PC user, MS Virtual PC is better / easier to > manage, even in a shared dev environment. > Yup I also use VMware which hosts a linux os on my XP for modperl development. I don't use samba for sharing, but use ftp instead. Because VMware has its virtual network address, you can connect to it from the PC. The only shortcoming for VMware (maybe for all virtual hosts) is it consume much resources. At least 150M memory is required. If the PC's memory is limited, then the entire OS will run slowly.
