Re: [sheflug] Free VMWare Server and Player

["Wonkey Donkey" <wonkey_donkey [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcus D. Hanwell" <linux [at] cryos.net>
To: "sheflug" <sheflug [at] sheflug.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:30 PM
Subject: [sheflug] Free VMWare Server and Player


> Hi,
>
> Now I can post I will try posting a useful message ;) Didn't know if you 
> guys
> had spotted that you can now get VMWare Player and VMWare Server for free
> now. Player is a great version of VMWare for using virtual machines that 
> have
> already been made, but you cannot create new ones.
>
> Server is the more recent release and it allows you to actually create new
> virtual machines. Both the Linux and Windows versions are available for
> download, and they also support 64 bit guests if you CPU does too. I am 
> going
> to make a Gentoo VM once I have freed up a little disk space with KDE 
> 3.5.1
> on it if anyone is interested.
>
> This is great for open source developers as we can test stuff in sandboxes
> that are easy to manage, and it gives you access to Windows in a nice 
> little
> padded cell should you need it for legacy applications etc.
>
> http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
> http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
>
> Sign up page doesn't work in Konqueror, but it does in Firefox. You also 
> need
> to tell it you are in America, give it a state and a zip code due to a bug 
> in
> their signup code...
>
> I will bring my laptop to the next meeting to show it off anyway. They 
> both
> work well here on amd64 Gentoo Linux systems.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcus
>

Yes, I'm currently running a Gentoo VM, and it works great. I posted some 
messages earlier in the VMware forums about not being able to upgrade the 
player thats installed with the full version of VMware, but I'm still 
awaiting an answer.

Steve. 


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