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Microsoft's Next Virtual PC Will Run Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the say-it-ain't-ain't-so dept.

Fallen Kell writes "Contrary to previous reports, eWeek is reporting that Microsoft's new version of Virtual PC will support Linux as a virtual OS. I for one am very glad that MS did not strip out all the capability from this great product."

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  1. A good indication that american's dont read... by thona · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...expecially the ones from eweek.

    MS has dropped SUPPORT for Linux. VirtualPc could always run linux, but until now (from conectix) ths was official. Means: you could call connectix and ask for help when your linux started to misbehave.

    MS is now dropping SUPPORT for Linux. Means: you CAN run Linux, as this basically is a i386 emulator, but if you run into trouble, don't call Microsoft. Also, dont expect MS to provide the nice (and necessary) accelerated graphics drivers that emulators normally come with. Ms will only support Windows.

    THis is all MS ever said - actually they pretty directly said Linux will run all the time.

    But then, you really had to read to understand this. And eweek seems to have lost this ability.

  2. Re:Price-dumping? by thona · · Score: 5, Informative

    ::In case you don't remember, Connectix makes the ::VMWare series of products

    No, they never did.

    Connectix made the VirtualPC series of products, and VmWare made the VMWare series of products.

    Connectix was bought by Microsoft, but VMWare is independant.

  3. Re:How does VIrtualPC compare by croddy · · Score: 4, Informative
    VMWare is an unbelievably outstanding product. a couple of the labs here on campus run it on top of RH7 for MS Access (cringe), while the machines continue running their Linux-based neural modeling software without interruption. my personal experience with it has been that it's a rock-solid, very efficient way to run multiple OS'es on a single hardware box.

    deploy an installation image to multiple 'machines'... install from ISO images on HD... bridged, NAT'ed, even local-only networking... hell, it emulates sound hardware! I know a guy that even got a Longhorn beta running on VMWare ;-)

    ...and while MS's VPC Server product isn't yet available, VMWare's GSX Server product is available right now. VMWare's stuff is *well* worth the price of entry.