Dont get too excited... (VMware for Linux)

Member Name: gissing

Product:	VMware for Linux
Date:	01/08/00 (114 review reads)
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Advantages: Running Windows in Linux is useful

Disadvantages: Bit sow

Well the abilty to run a windows PC inside a Linux environment sounds OK to me. (although Linux geeks probably cannot think of anything worse) The need for compatibilty with the 95% of people out there running windows or similar is one of the main stumbling blocks for the Linux community in general.

Alongside WINE (which is supposed to emulated a windows box as well - but by allowing XWindows to run PC apps) this is one solution you can use to get a windows environment working in your Linux installation.

It works by essentially using a certain amount of your system to emulate a less powerful PC. It runs all of the things a PC would do in hardware, using software.

Of course, its not particularly quick; my experience of this software is pretty positive really. I think it needs some work doing to make it really really useful, but still.

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