From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FG2bo-0006AN-H0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:25:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k25NP80L028029; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:25:08 GMT Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k25NNIXO019404 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:23:18 GMT Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74035D38F6A for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:23:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:23:17 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: V6OZNoOJGKRdDBxMSvRGc3iyYijaWGn5FnaMFA+jRNHO 1141600996 Received: from [192.168.182.3] (unknown [85.136.102.17]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3640F580A86 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:23:16 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <440942A7.6050401@thinrope.net> References: <440942A7.6050401@thinrope.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: From: Jose Alberto Suarez Lopez Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo on VMWare - few ideas Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:23:21 +0100 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k25NNIXO019404 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k25NP81w028029 X-Archives-Salt: 2de7b8b5-7fe9-406d-9cf7-f10c6bb5f396 X-Archives-Hash: afe16317be2cc5687fe30bc2082198fb I think that it's a nice idea. Maybe 2 versions: with X and w/o X just to reduce the space needed. Can be great to try gentoo inside any other linux or win machine. Can =20 be great too to try new systems ebuilds or to test things. El 04/03/2006, a las 8:32, Kalin KOZHUHAROV escribi=F3: > Hi all, > > I finally get to test the new 2006.0 LiveCD and the new installer (GUI > version). It certainly has many kinks to be ironed out, but it is a > great new start! > > I am now waiting for the install on a vmware-workstation-5.5 while > reading what Google had to say about "VMWare Gentoo"... > > A few quick ideas: > > 1. Wouldn't be great if we have a pre-built VMWare machine that gets > released with every new Gentoo release? > > The problems: > Somebody has to do it: /me is trying, somebody else already > using it? > > As it will be pre-installed Gentoo, the many options that the > installer provides will be already pre-shoosen... However Gentoo > is flexible enough to change them after that. > > Somebody has to host it: not sure how does this fit inside > Gentoo mirrors, it will probably be the size of a LiveCD > > Somebody has to support it: how many devs and how many skilled > users are there for gentoo on vmware? > > It depends on commercial closed-source software... Ir is it > useful with VMPlayer only? > > Yeah, and the HOWTO [1] has to be updated... > > [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/=20 > HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP > > > What is it worth: > For windoze people it will be a great way to experience/play > with Gentoo > > For the challengers, using hardmasked-and-brake-my-gentoo > ebuilds in a nice snadbox will be easy > > Just a quick preview of the next release or any other feature > bug > > 2. As a result of idea 1 and using the info from [2] the Gentoo > community can get lots of fame and some people can get some money. > > [2] http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/challenge/ > > > Kalin. > --=20 > |[ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ]| > +-> http://ThinRope.net/ <-+ > |[ ______________________ ]| > > --=20 > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > > --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list