Hadron wrote:
> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:00:01 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Guess what VMWare's software is built on/from?
>>
>> *SOME* of VMWare's software is built on Linux. Oddly enough, you can't
>> manage the OS from linux, you need Windows. What's more, the latest
>> version of ESX, Version 3i doesn't include the Linux console OS anymore.
>>
>> The vast mamority of VMWare licenses are workstation licenses, which is
>> largely run on Windows (though there is a Linux version). It's used in
>> many corporations as testing environments.
>
> Whats more, something was updated recently in Debian Lenny which has
> stopped VMWare working again. What a PAIN IN THE ASS. Why do things have
> to be so tightly linked to the Kernel version? I just know its gonna be
> that. All logs empty. Just sits there with mourse cursor spinning and
> then *POW* nothing.
>
> The latest 2.6.24 kernel needs another compilation, with X off, of the
> video driver. Woo hoo. Why is this?!?!?!?
Quark doesn't know what he's doing.... again...
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Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
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