School Project; please read

[Brian Fahrlander]

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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