[NTLUG:Discuss] Difference between VMPlayer and the newfree VMWare Server

[Don]

Can you then update these pre-built VM's ?  I.e. if I
were to get the Fedora core 5 test 1, and test 2 comes
out -- can I then just get the updated RPM's and use
them?  


--- Burton Strauss <Burton_Strauss at comcast.net> wrote:

> Setting up a VM is just like setting up a bare metal
> PC.  Exactly the same.
> When it first starts up there's nothing there and
> you better give it a CD or
> floppy to boot from to install the OS.
> 
> However, when it comes to VMs there are also a
> number of 'pre-built' VMs
> available.  For example VMWare has their 'browser
> appliance', which is a
> Linux disto (don't know which one) with a web
> browser.  The idea is that if
> you fireup the VM and use that web browser, even if
> you get a bad piece of
> malware, all you have lost is the VM.
> 
> Other pre-built VMs are created for demonstration. 
> Instead of having to
> install a package under all flavors of Linux, a 50
> or 100MB pre-built is a
> GREAT demo - you KNOW it will work.
> 
> Go here: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/ to see the
> variety available - just
> the community one include three IP PBXes, half a
> dozen firewalls and
> starter/test releases for maybe 20 OSes.
> 
> -----Burton
> 
> 
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