http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
Great for running all those old DOS games.
MS Virtual PC is now free
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MS Virtual PC is now free
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I'm using it right now, posting with DSL running under XP. This'll be fun 
Re: MS Virtual PC is now free
Great for running those Win98 games which dont work anywhere else too.Faram wrote:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
Great for running all those old DOS games.
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Eh, Vmware was free awhile ago. Although the performance of the server version might suck compared VPC, so I guess it'd be worth a try on a windows computer.
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128MB is way too low- I run an instance of Linux on Xen (faster than VMware or VPC)- slow as molasses on a PII-400/256MB...Bounty wrote:Vaguely on-topic, is there a good Linux distributions I can install on a VPC virtual disk ? I've got about 128 MB RAM to spare. I'd just like to get poke around Linux a bit.
Then again, I also use Azureus at the same time.
Should you get more ram, you could fiddle w/ prebuilt images here for VMware player:
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
The VMWare player was free. You couldn't make VM's yourself, I believe.Pu-239 wrote:Eh, Vmware was free awhile ago. Although the performance of the server version might suck compared VPC, so I guess it'd be worth a try on a windows computer.
Nono, 128 for the virtual machine. I thought the Linux community generally catered to the users of salvaged junkyard PC's ? Don't they have a distro that takes up less then a gig of HDD space and will run on a VM with 128 MB RAM ?128MB is way too low- I run an instance of Linux on Xen (faster than VMware or VPC)- slow as molasses on a PII-400/256MB...
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I believe the name of the distro you're looking for is called Slackware, but don't expect much out of it beyond the absolute basic necessities.Bounty wrote:
Nono, 128 for the virtual machine. I thought the Linux community generally catered to the users of salvaged junkyard PC's ? Don't they have a distro that takes up less then a gig of HDD space and will run on a VM with 128 MB RAM ?
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VMWare Server is free too. The made that move a bit after bringing out Player. Also, there are some freeware tools out there that can created virtual machines for Player.Bounty wrote:The VMWare player was free. You couldn't make VM's yourself, I believe.Pu-239 wrote:Eh, Vmware was free awhile ago. Although the performance of the server version might suck compared VPC, so I guess it'd be worth a try on a windows computer.
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Only one way to make a ferret let go of your nose - stick a fag up its arse!
there is no god - there is no devil - there is no heaven - there is no hell
live with it
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Oh, that makes more sense- yeah, just grab the Ubuntu Virtual Applicance and run that. You'll probably want XBuntu: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/497, since it's lighter than the standard Ubuntu. My server's slowness seems to be CPU bound, but I figured any computer w/ only 128MB of RAM has to be really slow.Bounty wrote:The VMWare player was free. You couldn't make VM's yourself, I believe.Pu-239 wrote:Eh, Vmware was free awhile ago. Although the performance of the server version might suck compared VPC, so I guess it'd be worth a try on a windows computer.
Nono, 128 for the virtual machine. I thought the Linux community generally catered to the users of salvaged junkyard PC's ? Don't they have a distro that takes up less then a gig of HDD space and will run on a VM with 128 MB RAM ?128MB is way too low- I run an instance of Linux on Xen (faster than VMware or VPC)- slow as molasses on a PII-400/256MB...
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ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
Qemu will create images. Or yeah, just use VMware server- it's kinda slow for desktop usage though, at least on a Linux host.Jawawithagun wrote:VMWare Server is free too. The made that move a bit after bringing out Player. Also, there are some freeware tools out there that can created virtual machines for Player.Bounty wrote:The VMWare player was free. You couldn't make VM's yourself, I believe.Pu-239 wrote:Eh, Vmware was free awhile ago. Although the performance of the server version might suck compared VPC, so I guess it'd be worth a try on a windows computer.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
So what's the diffrence between VMware server and VMware Workstation? One you have to pay for, but as far as I can tell they both do the same things.Jawawithagun wrote:VMWare Server is free too. The made that move a bit after bringing out Player. Also, there are some freeware tools out there that can created virtual machines for Player.
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Server can only take one snapshot per virtual machine, has some features to start the VMs when the OS starts, doesn't have (partial) 3D acceleration for virtual machines, GUI performance lags a bit.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
We use Server at work to test out various configurations - we have an XP Pro box as the host and fire up a bunch of images at the same time and remote-login. It's pretty nifty. VMWare Workstation is faster but limited in what we need to do.Pu-239 wrote:Server can only take one snapshot per virtual machine, has some features to start the VMs when the OS starts, doesn't have (partial) 3D acceleration for virtual machines, GUI performance lags a bit.