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Getting Virtual with VMware 2.0

VMware 2.0

$299 / $99 student/hobbyist license

http://www.vmware.com

In a Nutshell

Rating:4 Penguins

Pros:

* Improved performance, networking, configuration

* Suspend-to-disk feature

* Disk-shrinking feature

Cons:

* Primitive installation

* Performance is still slow

Review/VMware
Sharing Text: VMware 2.0 supports cut and paste between the guest and host operating systems, as shown here with Notepad and EMACS.

System Requirements

Processor

* Pentium-compatible

* 266 MHz Pentium II or faster recommended

RAM

* 96 MB or more RAM recommended

Hard Drive Space

* Enough for a normal Linux installation plus whatever your virtual machines need, combined

VMware is one of those programs you have to see in action to appreciate completely. In fact, the longer you’ve been using computers on various platforms, the more impressive it is. Simply put, VMware lets you create virtual machines and install whatever operating system and applications you want in each one (provided the software is compatible with the Intel x86 architecture) and run it in a window on your Linux desktop. There’s also a…

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