How To Install VMware Server + MUI 1.0.4 On Ubuntu 7.04
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How To Install VMware Server + MUI 1.0.4 On Ubuntu 7.04
VMware Server is a proprietary virtualization software package made available for no cost from the VMware website. VMware Server allows you to run entire operating systems in a virtual machine. This step-by-step guide provides
instructions on installing, configuring and running VMware Server and
VMware Management Interface (MUI) on a (Ed/K/X)Ubuntu Feisty Fawn host.
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openSUSE and “Bullet-Proof-X”
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A discussion on #kde-devel reminded me of Bullet-Proof-X. As usual, there’s been a lot of hype from our friends in the Ubuntu camp over the Bullet-Proof-X feature which really, as Benji notes, utilises an existing feature in GDM; basically a failsafe mode, should X fail to start.
There must, however, be some light irony in reading the extensive proposal and then taking a look on the factory mailing list to read:
> > Ubuntu's "bulletproofX" is mostly hype as they're just utilising an > > existing functionality of GDM, but it would be nice to have the same > > functionality. > > So in order to "test and integrate", you'd first have to implement the same > functionality in a way suitable for openSUSE. Volunteers anyone? It was oneliner. Wed Sep 5 17:45:26 CEST 2007 - sbrabec@xxxxxxx - Search for SaX2 in XKeepsCrashing. Just done.
Though, it’s like this mainly because openSUSE has had the wonderful SaX2 for many years now, with all types of X11 configurations (even xinerama, tablet PCs, etc) in a nice way. Perhaps it’s a bigger achievement however since Ubuntu had to create a new X11 configuration tool themselves, which is really just a GTK port of KDE Guidance.
Congratulations to both camps for implementing this, anyhow. This type of perspective on computing for new users is something that’s really needed in free software. Hopefully KDM can implement a similar hook soon, as well.
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