Installing Vmware/WinXP on Kubuntu 7.10

[Scott]

pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Scott <slewin at bmts.com>
>> Greg Booth wrote:
>>> VirtualBox just seems to run faster and of course if you compile from
>>> source it's 100% open source.
>> If you install the provided packages from adept/synaptic you also get 
>> the open source version.
>>
> True. but isn't it also true that Kubuntu will not supply packages of new versions for 7.10; you'll have to wait until 8.04 for any upgrades between now and next April.  If you compile from VB's source, you can stay current.
> Paul
True, it is not a fully supported app and the version in the repo is 
already outdated, but you can also say the same for any package not in 
the backports :).  Personally, I went and installed the newest non-open 
source version from the web site.  They provided a very nice Deb package.

-- 
Your friend,
Scott

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