Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-27 Thread Ben Donohue
True, however vmware console can be a bit of a pig. You have to load the vmtools, sizing of the screen, etc. VNC makes the whole remote display process much easier. So you can have both, and VNC is very easy to setup these days... Ben Jeff Waugh wrote: This is if you want virtualisation.

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
> This is if you want virtualisation. If you want a remote display then > there are different options... like VNC. Or if you want both, VMware Console. :-) - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ "PHP, when it first came out, didn't really h

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-26 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi, I use vmware server on linux. It runs fine. It starts as a service. You just have to answer a few questions to start it up. you can download *FREE* vmware server licenses from vmware.com make sure gcc is installed. Yum install gcc (I use CentOS) then run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl this gui

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-25 Thread Jeff Waugh
> I've googled for days, read everything, found one multi-page document > using virtual displays, yet nowhere have I found: > > VMware Server (which is free) is very easy to run at boot. > > Pointers p-p-p-pl-pl-please http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney,

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-25 Thread jam
On Thursday 26 April 2007 09:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a long love-hate relationship with apt-get paradigism, so am > > toying with Feisty Server for the Xen part. > > Both RHEL and SUSE have done more work to integrate Xen. Might be best to > run one of those as the host. > > Ubuntu

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-24 Thread James Purser
On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 22:27 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 21:32 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > Ubuntu has simpler VMware support, and fisty has kvm (which is useful > > > but requires work). > > > > Ummm "fisty"? now thats a server with punch! > > Just wait until gusty.

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-24 Thread Jeff Waugh
> On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 21:32 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Ubuntu has simpler VMware support, and fisty has kvm (which is useful > > but requires work). > > Ummm "fisty"? now thats a server with punch! Just wait until gusty. - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://ww

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-24 Thread James Purser
On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 21:32 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Ubuntu has simpler VMware support, and fisty has kvm (which is useful but > requires work). Ummm "fisty"? now thats a server with punch! -- James Purser http://k-sit.com Mob: 0406 576 553 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signe

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-24 Thread Jeff Waugh
> I have a long love-hate relationship with apt-get paradigism, so am toying > with Feisty Server for the Xen part. Both RHEL and SUSE have done more work to integrate Xen. Might be best to run one of those as the host. Ubuntu has simpler VMware support, and fisty has kvm (which is useful but r

[SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-23 Thread jam
G'day Because I do not want to run yet another machine 24x7, my desktop is my server. For various reasons I've decided to Xen my server. I have a long love-hate relationship with apt-get paradigism, so am toying with Feisty Server for the Xen part. I want dns, ssh, mail, www with multiple site