Since the IS dept has installed VMWare Player on all the PCs in the classroom I can make create as many VMs as I like on each computer and so can the students. It is very easy now
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> The competition is VirtualBox from Oracle and I made the switch way back
> when it was still owned by Innotek. I used to use VMWare extensively and
> wondered how it stacks up now. I know that it is much harder to install or
> used to be, as it required some compiling and agreeing to licenses in a
> terminal window. That would put off all but hardcore users when VirtualBox
> is so much simpler for newbies. Then there is the creation of VMs which
> requires a license for one of their products which can either involve steep
> costs or a trial version that expires.
>
> Do you make your own VMs or get ones that others have made?
>
> Roy
>
> On 8 July 2010 09:35, iloveubuntulinux <valchaulinux@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > VMPlayer now is much better than it was in the past - but it still annoys
> > me to some extent because I am accustomed to using Linux natively on my
> > laptop or desktop at home. So the extra effort to pop back into Windows or
> > to expand the screen to fit the classroom's screen is annoying. But it
> > certainly is faster than it was in the past. And Ubuntu 10.04 is a much more
> > interesting and user friendly system than even the Ubuntu 9.10 was; and I
> > have been using Ubuntu since 2006.
> >
> >
> > --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ahhh! I see. (the lights go on)
> > >
> > > What are your thoughts on VM Player? Where do you get your VMs?
> > >
> > > (I did not want to hijack someone's thread so am starting a new one.)
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > > On 8 July 2010 00:37, iloveubuntulinux <valchaulinux@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > we have to run Windows 7 in the classroom where I teach Linux so
> > > we use the VMWare Player for the various Linuxes I want to show the
> > > class
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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