I looked at VirtualBox, but wasn't too impressed. The install forced all my NIC to disconnect (expected, but still a nuisance). No provision to run services in the background (that I found). VMWare Server has been my choice at work for about a year now. I'm running several Centos, Suse, several copies of Server2k3 and 2k8, Vista, Win7, and even Solaris x86. I run it on a 4gb Intel dual core Dell system. It's got a few ideocyncracies, but I've been able to work around them. The Linux version of Server is not quite ready for prime time. If your not using the exact version of Centos 5.2 (without update) it's got a few problems. The browser based admin works great. VMWare Server is free. Actually I like it better than VMWare Workstation. I also have an ESXi (now VMWare Hypervisor) on a system at home. Nice but no support for WinRAID or software RAID that I've found. This system is still being deployed so I have a lot to learn. --- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right, (612) 522-7003 | then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis ________________________________ From: Mr. B-o-B <mr.chew.baka at gmail.com> To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 5:17:02 PM Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Running linux from a Windows VM Noah Markon cried from the depths of the abyss... > I got a beefy new laptop for my wife for Christmas. I'd like to install linux >on it, but it's officially her laptop, and I don't think she > would appreciate me installed a new distro every other week to play around. My >experiences with VM software haven't been all that great, > but I haven't given it a try for a while now. Does any one have any >suggestions, tips or advice for installing/running different flavors > of linux in a VM on Windows 7. What software should I use, different settings, >etc..? > If you don't mind having to pay a little, I am a fan of VMWare Workstation. I use the heck out of it at work (same setup that you are looking at). Works well. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101216/126708fc/attachment.htm