[ale] VMWare/KDE

[Chris Fowler]

Izzie,


the vmware is the 30-day version.  There is no free version.  I believe Vmware is $299 and $99 for educational.  I really like what vmware does.  I really hate the price.  It is more expensive than VirtualPC for the macintosh.  You can get more performance by spending the $299 on a real computer and a little extra for a 2 port KVM switch.  I used to use NT 4.0 as a guest in Vmware, but CorelDraw, Photoshop performce was horrible.  There was no USB support and getting parallel devices to work was a pain.  Charge $59.99 for the product and I'll buy it.  Take a look at Win4Lin and the Free version ov vmware.   I invite everyone on ale to talk about this subject and tell me why I should pay for it.

Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: I. Herman [mailto:izzmo at mediaone.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:21 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] VMWare/KDE



Quick question about vmware: 


I recently installed Mandrake 7.2, and when adding some extra applications I went ahead and installed vmware.  Is that the 30-day trial version or a typical open/free source version?

Also, where is a good how-to on vmware?  
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Drake 7.2 has KDE 2.0 on it, what's better KDE 2 or Gnome/Enlightenment?  Can I use themes w/ either one?  I am new to Mandrake...so I'm kind of a Linux newbie.  I have been working on Solaris SPARC boxes w/ CDE...so that's more what I'm used to.

Thanks,
Izzie