Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare?

[Michael Crute <mcrute@gmail.com>]

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I personally run it the "right way" if there is such a thing. Gentoo with 
VMware 5 installed on the computer and XP Pro installed inside of VMware. 
For what little I need Windoze VMware works wonders. It runs most Windows 
apps (including the OS) almost faster than it runs naively. I haven't tried 
it the other way around (VMware installed on top of Windoze) but I can 
imagine that it runs far slower on Windoze than it does on Gentoo. As far as 
my experience running VMware on Gentoo I have nothing but good experiences. 
The only downside is the licensing cost to get a copy of VMware.

-Mike

On 8/20/05, Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales <raphael.melo21@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> 
> I agree with John. It is better to have a robust system (Gentoo) and
> run the bad one (Windows) on user space (via VMWare) so it can't do
> much damage.
> 
> As for comments on VMWare, it isn't free software and you need a
> licence key. Some purists don't like the fact that it isn't free. I
> never tested it, but I hear it is a great emulator. Plex86, the free
> software counter-part, is still under development. So it is really
> young and probably has less funcionalities. I don't know any other
> options.
> 
> If he really wants a Unix-like enviroment running on Windows, I think
> it will be easier to install CygWin..
> 
> 2005/8/21, John Jolet <john@jolet.net>:
> > that's backwards! install vmware under gentoo, then win xp under vmware.
> >
> > On Saturday 20 August 2005 22:01, Ian K wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > > I have a friend who is getting a desktop, (high end)
> > > and was wondering if he should VMware under WinXp and
> > > install Gentoo on VMWare. How slow would this be if
> > > any, under an Athlon 64 3000+, and what are general
> > > pros and cons with VMware? He is also thinking of
> > > dualbooting, would that be smarter?
> > > Thanks!
> > > Ian
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