[ale] A free alternative to VMWare and Win4Lin

[James Sumners]

You want VMWare. You can set up a whole virtualized network with that
bad ass piece of software. The only problem is OSX.


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:11:00 -0500 (EST), attriel <attriel at d20boards.net> wrote:
> > Thank you for the clarification.
> >
> > I fail to recognize the merit of this idea of increasing complexity.
> > Isn't Winders unstable enough without bringing down both ?
> >
> > Why not use a KVM switch and put both, but separate, on a local LAN ?
> 
> Well, for instance:
> 
> I'm setting up a test suite at the office.  B/c of the range of folks
> visiting our pages (intelligent to idiot), I end up needing:
> 
> Linux, OSX, Windows 2k, Windows XP, Windows 98.
> 
> Oh, but I need htem patched and unpatched.  B/c we have a lot of idiots :o
> 
> I started setting it up, but I ran out of the 6 ports I had available on
> the KVM :o  So I'm looking to run virtual setups and stick it all on one
> box instead :)
> 
> --attriel


-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59