M$ gives Linux a virtual hug

[mancombseepgood]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6095158.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

 

[mancombseepgood]

Haven't tried XenSource yet, I'm a VMware fan .

Hav just donwloaded Parallels Workstation - anyone else tried it? Looks promising - price is good!~

http://www.parallels.com/

 

[vaco]

M$ has a habit of assuming that Windoze is the only OS that should be allowed to exist on a PC - from OEM policies all the way through to its boot-loader, not surprised that M$ decided not to support Linux in its Virtual PC s/w [or whatever it's called].

I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 in Microsoft Virtual PC without any problems. Took ages to install though.

 

[mancombseepgood]

What is this Microsoft Virtual PC - sorry - I have been out of it for a little while - I take it its M$'s answer to VMWare's offering?

 

[Raithlin]

Yup. Just been released with a $0 price tag, too.

I use it to run just about every Linux dist I've ever downloaded. Only downside is no 24bit colour support.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Thanks - am about to try it... 19 or so megs. don't need 24 bit color... what's speed like?
This may be a temporary link, but any1 interested can try if they like:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/5/3/253e22d9-b8a4-4219-9596-ee30c83699bf/VPC2004SP1.zip

I love their "for when you want to run legacy systems while upgrading to M$ products!
I can think of another use... lol

BTW - any1 fiddled with M$ sync toy?
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/0/5/e05a8797-eceb-46f6-ad38-a81609e209a0/Setup.msi

 

[Raithlin]

Speed is not what I'd call earth shattering, but it gets the job done. It has the same prioritisation features as VMWare (from what I remember), and same network options too. All in all, not a bad package - and doesn't stuff up my machine like VMWare always did.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Gr8 - thanks for the tip - good 1 Raithlin!!

 

[Raithlin]

Thanks - am about to try it... 19 or so megs. don't need 24 bit color... what's speed like?
This may be a temporary link, but any1 interested can try if they like:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/5/3/253e22d9-b8a4-4219-9596-ee30c83699bf/VPC2004SP1.zip

I love their "for when you want to run legacy systems while upgrading to M$ products!
I can think of another use... lol

BTW - any1 fiddled with M$ sync toy?
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/0/5/e05a8797-eceb-46f6-ad38-a81609e209a0/Setup.msi

Bear in mind, quite a few Linux distros install X with 24bit color as default... check Ubuntu's KB for details on how to fix if you don't already know.

I've used Sync Toy. It works well for backing up dev projects to flash disk...

 

[Raithlin]

Ok so M$ does support Linux then?

Not officially, but Linux runs quite happily within VPC ("Other OS")

that gave me the impression that M$'s Virtual PC or whatever doesn't support Linux in a virtual machine at all...

Again, not offically. Even this way, they are only looking to support ZEN-enabled/adapted distros by the sounds of it.

Curious, what happened with VMware?

VMWare's network bridge drivers (I assume, based on several investigations I did) kept freezing my machine. Uninstall VMWare - problem solved. Not just one version of VMWare either.