m15x + VMware + Unbutu SE = sweet

Hey guys,

I've been busy since my review. I have since installed VMware and have installed Unbutu 64bit 8.04 (Hardy) SE. Let's just say that it's super quick and very pretty. Now all I have to do is start learning how to 'play' in Linux...play = not games but fun with scripts, poking around, and such



Pretty cool...

KShub

 

cool, but vmware, you're running in virtualization then?

 

its better to run it off a usb or live cd (that is if you don't want to install it on your hardrive) I run backtrack on mine it runs like a charm I guess it depends on the person on which distro you want to use.

 

So it is possible for an x86 OS to host an x64 one? I didn't know that.

 

I guess so I've never tried to use vmware to run a 64 bit OS. Good question though

 

I did some research and it looks like the guest 64-bit OS is really 64-bit, even if the host OS is 32-bit.

I found this article stating that if 'VT-Virtual Technolongy' is not enabled for the CPU, then I would not have been able to boot Ubuntu 64-bit: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106266 So cheers to Alienware!!!

@taco back in the day I played around with Knoppix and early editions of other Live CD's they were fine, but I wanted a real persistent instance of a Linux OS. With VM you can set the intial hard drive space, but it won't use it unless it needs it. My Unbutu 'VM HDD' is only 3gb or so. My XP Pro 'VM HDD' is about 9gb. Unbutu is enabled to use just under 12gb and XP is enabled to use 20gb.

VM is really cool, especially on our machines, it's very fast and it doesn't even seem like a virtual OS. VM's are also completely portable and non-host specific, meaning that I can take my Linix or XP install, share them on my network, and then use the VM OS on my desktop.

You can sign up and download a trial. I received mine from work and I'm sure that there are 'other sources' too...

 

Thanks for the info. I believe virtualization technology is included in most Core 2 Duos, though. It looks like you're running a Pentium 4.

 

doh..time to remove my old laptop in my sig...I have a T9300 in my new laptop, the m15x.