Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Ubuntu in VM Player in Windows 7

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@gmail.com> 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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