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Which OS Makes the Best VMWare Host?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-than-a-multi-boot dept.

astrojetsonjr asks: "A few days ago, Trillian_1138 asked about running Linux on a laptop. Yagu started a thread suggesting the use of VMWare to allow running multiple flavors of Linux and Windows at the same time. Lots of readers then posted their success stories using VMWare . My primary machine is an IBM laptop and I'm getting ready to move to using VMWare to allow me run Linux, Solaris and Windows at the same time. First, what is the OS/distro with which you have had the best success hosting VMWare? Finally, what host OS install and setup tips do suggest?"

5 of 141 comments (clear)

  1. Frist Sopt!! by Observador · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my life is now complete?

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    1. Re:Frist Sopt!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Nope. Second. Alas, you must remain unfulfilled.

    2. Re:Frist Sopt!! by martinultima · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ha! Then I now have third post! So there, consecutively numbered trolls!

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  2. 1st! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

  3. syntax highlighting yes, IDE no by nadaou · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is cruel not to provide syntax highlighting before the eye can spot punctuation problems, but a full IDE will mask over areas you are trying to teach in the first place.

    I highly recommend Nedit http://www.nedit.org/
    There are versions for Mac, *NIX, & Windows.

    vi, emacs -- Too much for the lower half of the class. Mention them, offer links, maybe spend 1/2 a class demonstrating the basics and some power-examples of why these blasts from the past endure & remain so popular with professional programmers.

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