Subject: vmware

[John Dangler]

On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 20:03 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:37:06 -0400
> > From: John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net>
> > Subject: vmware
> > To: Ubuntu User List <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <1156437427.11969.204.camel at localhost>
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> > 
> > I've had problems running lots of win apps on both wine and
> > crossover, and a couple of members here recommended vmware as
> > an alternative.
> > 
> > Do I install vmware-server on the Ubuntu box and run the apps
> > from it? Or do I also need the vmware-player/workstation in
> > order to run these apps?
> > 
> > Thanks for any input.
> 
> Hi John,
> vmware server consists of two components (well there are more,
> but only two are what you need to start it)
> -The server itself, running on one linux box
> -The console that connects to the server either locally to the
> server that is installed on the machine where console is started
> or remote from any windows or linux machine that is part of the
> network.
> -Then there is a webfrontend (not what I am talking about, here
> 
> To sum it up:
> vmware server can be used as the free alternative to vmware
> workstation, so that any machine on the network starts it's
> local windows locally, 
> or it can be used in a classical server understanding, installed
> centrally and accessed from the network machines that do NOT
> NEED to have a locally installed windows.
> 
> hope this helps
> Eberhard
> 
So, I can install vmware server onto my local Ubuntu machine, install
win XP Pro under vmware, then install win apps into that virtual machine
and run them within the vm environment ?  If that's true, I definitely
need to try that out!