will beryl run smooth in VMware

when i recive my laptop i wanna run a linux distro in a virtual machine i just wanna no if beryl will run smoothly in it, my specs are
3GB RAM
and a 2.4GH processor
i also have a 2x160GB hard dive so ill give about 10GB to Linux
i also want to know whats the best distro for running Beryl
[worse comes to worse imay dual boot but iv had bad expreinces ]

 

The merge of Compiz Extras and Beryl is now called Compiz Fusion. You will find it included in recent major distributions (Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, Mandriva,etc.)

 

cool thanks but witch would you say was the best
and will it run smoothly on my system

 

I can't help you with virtualization because I haven't tried it.

Other than that, in a regular installation, it would run smoothly with your hardware. (What is your graphics card?)

Ubuntu and Mint are both easy distributions but Mint is even easier for a beginner. On both, it's really easy to enable the visual effects.

 

No. VMWare doesn't supports the kind of graphics you need for Compiz in Guest OS VMs. (And probably never will IMO)

 

o well guess ill have to dual boot

 

Looks like you might be able to do it: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=84344

 

I've tried it via dual boot and also VMware, and the VM will lag considerably.

So -- no it won't. :/

 

What the best way to run Windows only tax programs (vertical market) on a linux desktop? VMware?

 

Have you tried WINE?

 

Not in a long time....I thought that was built into most linux distros now, no? If not, I guess I need to install it.

 

You will have to install it.

 

I've installed it, but can't anything to run right off....looks like searching for native dll's etc.....i.e. a pain in the arse

 

Wine sucks. I just Load Windows to VMware and work with certain windows apps from it.

 

Beryl will not run in a virtual environment as virtual machines do not yet support 3D acceleration. The same thing goes for games.

 

that's what I was thinking would be the more civilized way to do it...