For all those that say Vista go home im switching to Linux

[labrax]

Sorry,

Have not been checking this thread in a bit, in my own little world. Took a week off and have been fighting doing things around the house, bus duty and coaching soccer with fishing and have only hit the site occasionally.

If you register with the VMware folks you can get a serial number for their server product, they still apparently are charging for the workstation product. Here is a link to a community forum for VMWare that contains a good link to a PDF that explains the differences between the two products: http://www.vmware.com/community/thre...44404&tstart=0

[basswipe]

Out of curiosity what's the advantage of running the vmware version of Ubuntu over simply installing it on your hd alongside windows,other than saving disk space?

[labrax]

I don't have Ubuntu in a VM session - I have a laptop that has XP and Ubuntu on it, so it is a dual-boot system. At work I have XP on the corporate desktop with Red Hat 4 and 5 each in their own VM session. The benefit there - is that you can switch between them and not have to shut one down to access the other one. I am sure that is the same with Ubuntu in a virtual session and XP as the main OS.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by labrax

I don't have Ubuntu in a VM session - I have a laptop that has XP and Ubuntu on it, so it is a dual-boot system. At work I have XP on the corporate desktop with Red Hat 4 and 5 each in their own VM session. The benefit there - is that you can switch between them and not have to shut one down to access the other one. I am sure that is the same with Ubuntu in a virtual session and XP as the main OS.

I've had major issues with installing it on a laptop.It just won't install on my old presario 2100.Had to change the boot order and now it continuosly restarts,can't get in safe mode or any mode for that matter.Even after hitting F8 I can read the blue screen after suspending the restart option but no other options work.Took it to the Dx down the road and this isn't an isolated thing,many laptops won't work with linux based op systems.

HP desktop is fine...dual boot system working fine.Go figure.

[labrax]

Originally Posted by basswipe

I've had major issues with installing it on a laptop.It just won't install on my old presario 2100.Had to change the boot order and now it continuosly restarts,can't get in safe mode or any mode for that matter.Even after hitting F8 I can read the blue screen after suspending the restart option but no other options work.Took it to the Dx down the road and this isn't an isolated thing,many laptops won't work with linux based op systems.

HP desktop is fine...dual boot system working fine.Go figure.

I am using Ubuntu dual booted on a Compaq N800c, which is similar I believe to the 2100 series from Compaq, but not identical. I have FedoraCore 6 dual booted with XP on a smaller Compaq as well, so it can be done. If you are interested, then perhaps you may want to go to LinuxForums.org, or another user forum for that distribution of Linux to see if others have also experienced issues loading a particular distribution, or release on a specific laptop model. There may be something fairly easy that can be done to get you out of the blue screen problem.

Good luck.

Pete

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by labrax

I am using Ubuntu dual booted on a Compaq N800c, which is similar I believe to the 2100 series from Compaq, but not identical. I have FedoraCore 6 dual booted with XP on a smaller Compaq as well, so it can be done. If you are interested, then perhaps you may want to go to LinuxForums.org, or another user forum for that distribution of Linux to see if others have also experienced issues loading a particular distribution, or release on a specific laptop model. There may be something fairly easy that can be done to get you out of the blue screen problem.

Good luck.

Pete

Will check out that forum.I REALLY want Ubuntu on all my PCs.

Speaking of Vista I guy I work with second kid started college and I got to check out Vista.This was supposed to be an improvement over XP?