Subject: vmware

[Thomas Kaiser]

John Dangler wrote:
> 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!
> 
> 
Hello John

Go and try "virtual machines", it is really fun. Vmware-player is 
perfect for a Desktop PC. You can enable multiverse repository and 
install vmware-player with apt (sudo apt-get install vmware-player) or 
synaptic.

This 
http://www.virtualization.info/2005/10/how-to-create-new-virtual-machine-with.html 
article might be a good start.

Have fun, Thomas

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