We really need to do a panel discussion on VM's for one of our
meetings. VMware is also free for basic use. If you want enterprise
features not available in things like virtual box you pay for it (But
you do get a 10% LUG discount). You can run VMWare server on windows,
linux, or even their own bare mettle OS ESX. The VM's are portable
between the systems (with the exception of if you create a 64bit VM
and try to move it to a 32bit server). You can also put the server
on, well, a server and access the VM's over a web page.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Stephen <
cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you go with a virtual machine route you can also go with
> virtualbox. it has matured well, and has some hardware graphics
> acceleration. Also you can get a FOSS version that is cross platform.
> so if you decide to switch you can save your vm's and move them.
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Bryan O'Neal
> <Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote:
>> I will agree with that as well. Unless you have a vid capture card or
>> some other special hardware VM's are a much better option for learning
>> Linux. And VMWare is supper easy
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
>>> I concur.
>>> I also strongly recommend running additional hosts as virtual machines
>>> (either with VirtualBox or VMware Player/Workstation) instead of dual
>>> booting. VMs are much nicer to use.
>>> --
>>> -Eric 'shubes'
>>>
>>> Bryan O'Neal wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I agree - The SuSE, RedHat (Fedora), and Debian (Ubuntu) branches are
>>>> quite different but all very good. See which one you like best.
>>>> Personally I loved SuSE at first but could not spend the time to learn
>>>> it as well as Fedora or Ubuntu. And, well, Ubuntu just amazes me at
>>>> how simple it can be for simple things, like printing, so it get heavy
>>>> props.
>>>> For servers I am almost pure RedHat (Cent OS to be specific) for
>>>> desktops I have one Ubuntu and one Fedora on my desk. I use them both
>>>> equally.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Mark Phillips
>>>> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am partial to Debian. I have it running on a a 64bit Dell laptop for
>>>>> about
>>>>> 6 months with no problems. I also run Windows 7 Pro as a virtual machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM, mike Enriquez <mylinux@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am planning to build a dual boot workstation. It will a 64bit computer
>>>>>> with Windows 7 pro but I have yet to select a linux distro.
>>>>>> I am open to any suggestions. Which linux distro would you use. My only
>>>>>> requirement is that it further my linux education.
>>>>>> I am willing to try any Linux Distro in workstation or server version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also what would you put into your 64 bit computer? I am planning to use
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> i7 extreme processor on an MSI X58 pro-E motherboard. Ram is going to be
>>>>>> DDR3 1600 MHz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am open to any ideas. Please send me your ideas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Enriquez
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