Anybody virtualizing topo maps??
Any word etymologically related to 'virtualize' is one more thing I haven't gotten around to looking at yet. I remember once, quite a while back, I had a quick look at VMware, thinking about ways to get my proprietary map software to talk to my GPSs under linux; but something about it turned me off. Installing running GPS software under Wine/CXO has gotten way better in the last couple years, but I still can't do the crucial last step, so that I can transfer data back and forth. So I asked on Gmane's winelist if anyone else had. No claims, though I waited for them; but somebody there says he does it with ease using VMware. OK, so back to that -- wherever it is : here google, here google ... And the first I look at, dated last month, is http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/04/ibm_linux_lotus_virtual_desktop/ Am I reading this right?? They seem to be saying that IBM now has something called VERDE, true free software, that does VMware's job better than VMware. Pure puffery by marketing droids? Or is there something to it? Has anybody had any experience with it yet?? If so, are there tricks a/o gotchas to using it with F10?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 8 9; Alpine 2.00, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 3 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Anybody virtualizing topo maps??
Beartooth wrote: Any word etymologically related to 'virtualize' is one more thing I haven't gotten around to looking at yet. I remember once, quite a while back, I had a quick look at VMware, thinking about ways to get my proprietary map software to talk to my GPSs under linux; but something about it turned me off. Installing running GPS software under Wine/CXO has gotten way better in the last couple years, but I still can't do the crucial last step, so that I can transfer data back and forth. So I asked on Gmane's winelist if anyone else had. No claims, though I waited for them; but somebody there says he does it with ease using VMware. OK, so back to that -- wherever it is : here google, here google ... And the first I look at, dated last month, is http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/04/ibm_linux_lotus_virtual_desktop/ Am I reading this right?? They seem to be saying that IBM now has something called VERDE, true free software, that does VMware's job better than VMware. Pure puffery by marketing droids? Or is there something to it? Has anybody had any experience with it yet?? If so, are there tricks a/o gotchas to using it with F10?? Unfortunately, that won't buy you anything. It's a virtual client solution for businesses that want to get away from running full-blown desktop PCs in an office. VMware or VirtualBox are probably your best bets for running WinXP to install you GPS software. I don't think wine/CXO have the ability to interface at the device level with USB devices. The other 2 products do, but they require a WinXP license and install code. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Anybody virtualizing topo maps??
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Beartooth bearto...@swva.net wrote: Am I reading this right?? They seem to be saying that IBM now has something called VERDE, true free software, that does VMware's job better than VMware. No, you're reading it wrong. First of all, VERDE isn't an IBM product; it comes from someone called Virtual Bridges. Second, it's not really clear from the Virtual Bridges website what their product actually is, but it seems to be specifically for virtualizing Linux desktops, which leads one to think it's not a general-purpose virtual machine like VMware or VirtualBox (or KVM or QEMU ...). What IBM is offering is a packaged Ubuntu desktop running in one of these beasties and supporting Domino (which it already supports on Linux anyway). It's no use to you if you want to run Windows on Linux for example. I see no prima facie reason it couldn't be made to work with Fedora. poc PS Note that VirtualBox does compete directly with VMware, and is true free software in one of its versions. I've been using it in place of VMware for several months and find it a lot less hassle to get working and rather lighter in resource demands. However the USB emulation still needs some work for certain devices such as ipods. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
