Distro dance (was: FTP / wget)

[Tom Buskey]

I've used vmware server on top of fedora 9 with success also.  The
only issue was when the kernel was updated, I had to reinstall.
Sometimes vmware didn't have an update.  I usually tried to stay on
the older kernel.

I've switched to VirtualBox.  It has no issues with kernel updates.  I
haven't been able to get bridged networking going.  The rdp support
and headless works well so I don't need it.

On 10/17/08, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:33 AM,  <bruce.labitt at autoliv.com> wrote:
>> Once I get everything going again I think I will reinstall
>> Ubuntu 64 bit since it seems to support newer hardware and applications -
>> at least for the ones that I need.
>
>   Some ideas:
>
>   You could dual-boot CentOS (or Sci Linux) and Ubuntu off the same
> hardware.  Use CentOS for when you need it for support reasons; use
> Ubuntu for newer stuff.
>
>   Building upon that: You could install Ubuntu on the hardware, and
> put CentOS in a VM (Virtual Machine).  Run Ubuntu all the time, and
> boot up CentOS in the VM (on top of Ubuntu) when you need it.
>
>   VMWare Server is "free", and does a pretty good job at this.  It has
> a pretty GUI to make things easier.  I've used it myself, and I know
> it works.
>
>   Xen (one of Linux's native VM mechanisms) is free and Free, and is
> probably a better choice.  I've seen it demoed, and I've read what
> others are doing with it, and it seems powerful and capable.  I've
> never used it myself, but I know others on this list have, and they
> can hopefully assist.  Come to think of it, I'd expect Xen to have
> pretty GUIs by now, too.  One thing I don't know about is what Ubuntu
> + Xen equals, but Google suggests it is supported.
>
> -- Ben
> _______________________________________________
> gnhlug-discuss mailing list
> gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
>