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VMware overload?

Karl-Henry Martinsson  |    |  Tags:  vmware  |  Comments (2)

A couple of weeks ago I installed VMware Workstation on my computer at home, so i could have a clean XP install to clone and use for program testing and to run multiple environments at the same time. I also installed Ubuntu 7.10 the weekend before last. This weekend I had some spare time. So I installed Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Kubuntu 7.10, OpenSUSE 10.3 and even Mac OS X 10.4.7(!). It is a strange feeling to run OS X on a PC...

I also got a new computer at work, doing similar there, but just XP and Ubuntu/Kubuntu so I can show people the environment. Might install OS X just for fun (and to test webpages with)...

A (non-geek) friend asked me this weekend: "Why are you doing that?", and my answer was "Because I can"... I guess it is the same reason I collect water bottles from Lotusphere: they are there and I can... :-)

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1 Keil Wilson      Permalink Where did you get the instructions for the OSX install? That sounds very interesting.

2 Karl-Henry Martinsson      Permalink I actually found a VMware image that someone shared through Bittorrent. It was a bit tricky at first, you need to change the operating system setting to Windows NT (set to FreeBSD in the image). Then it worked for me. I may have had to turn off accelleration as well. It is a little bit tricky at first.


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