[WBEL-users] OT: virtual (was Re: Screwed by a CentOS4 install test)

[Jerry Amundson]

On Thu April 27 2006 12:11, Ryan Kramer wrote:
> way too late now, but just for information for anyone else wanting to
> test other os's, VMware is now 100% free...  you can create as many
> virtual machines on top of a wbel host as you want.  (I personally
> run a dedicated windows guest on top of whitebox, and keep 2 or 3
> other vm's active at any one given time for trying out other
> stuff...)

To clarify, VMPlayer is free, VMware Server Beta is an eval, and 
expires...
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=355043&#355043

I did play with with xen on FC5 yesterday - it rocks. Blows vmware away, 
performance wise.
http://www.xensource.com/xen/downloads/

jerry