From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Thanks, I've got a free disk on this pc right now and was planning to use
this to give the VMware player a try.

I really wasn't aware about the VM player until I read a blurb about it and
XP authentication. After going to the VMware site I thought it could
possibly be useful with Linux - especially after  others did the work to
assemble the virtual applications 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2631

VMWare Player triggers Windows Activation process Posted by David Berlind {at} 3:37 pm

According to VMWare group product manager Srinivas Krishnamurtiff, there
are some things that are not virtualizable.  One of them is the host
system's process.  Said Krishnamurtiff "there's a processor ID that's
not virtualizable."


"Robert Comer"  wrote in
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>> Generic DYI box, ASUS mb, Athlon X2 , 2 gig mem, 4 SATA drives.
>
> I'm jealous!  That config should be very nice for running your
> VMWare/Ubuntu combo, but I might suggest installing VMWare and the Ubuntu
> virtual hard drive on something other than your system disk, and I'd only
> allocate 512M of RAM to it. (if you have the choice)
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:4404546e{at}w3....
>>
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:44043e98{at}w3....
>>>> Anyone download and play with the free VMware Player for Windows?
>>>
>>> Not me, when you have the paid for version you wouldn't need this. (and
>>> I use Virtual PC way more often anyway)
>>>
>>>> It looks like Ubuntu Linux is provided as a free Virtual
Application.
>>>> Rather than booting Knopix is this a reasonable way to
play with Linux?
>>>
>>> It depends on how they set it up, but it sounds like it would be a great
>>> way to do it.  What kind of hardware do you have?
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Generic DYI box, ASUS mb, Athlon X2 , 2 gig mem, 4 SATA drives.
>>
>> I dl-ed the VM Player and a few Linux applications last night. I figure
>> I'll give it a try in the next few days
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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