Re: [sheflug] Free VMWare Server and Player

["Andrew J. Baker" <ajb [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marcus D. Hanwell wrote:

>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
>
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And let's not forget the open source offering, Xen:

http://www.xensource.com/

For those individuals interested in running Linux VMs on UltraSPARC 
check out this article on The Register...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/13/sun_hyper_xen/

Cheers, Andy.

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