School Project; please read
Brian Fahrlander
brian at fahrlander.net
Wed Oct 17 02:00:21 UTC 2007
Dick Dowdell wrote:
> If you are interested in this approach, I can give you detailed,
> step-by-step, instructions. For years, I've been using this approach for
> testing Linux software on Linux and Windows hosts because you cannot screw
> up the host from inside a virtual machine and you can take snapshots of
> virtual machines and restore them to their pre-test state if there are
> problems. A Ubuntu virtual machine can have full network access and can
> apply any standard Ubuntu updates as needed.
Yeah, I really like the idea...and if there weren't just two weeks
to spring something to life, I might go that way (like, if it isn't
picked up this semester).
In the big picture, having Linux clients that run Windows in a
virtual window really makes a lot of sense; I love how VMWare can 'jail'
an instance of Windows and use the persistant disk to...immunize...the
contents of the guest OS. :)
It's also a way to serve BeOS and Mac (or whatever) environments to
people on a casual basis; perfect for schools.
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