Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
When I looked at the VPC 2007 page, it doesn't even claim to support linux. That doesn't mean it doesn't work, but I'm not surprised it doesn't work optimally. Though I recall hearing something that VPC supported Linux at some point.
-David
When you set up a virtual machine, one of the options presented, in addition to all the Windows OSes, is "other." I'd also note that I had installed Ubuntu (and now Suse) on an old desktop machine that formerly ran Win2000 for my wife (I recently replaced it with a nice new laptop for her). Ubuntu was just horrible on that machine -- slower than Win2000. I haven't used Suse enough yet to form an opinion -- I just installed it last night. However, I've already noted problems -- I have to manually install Flash for FireFox, it's missing the most basic codecs to play, for example, DV-codec encoded AVIs, etc.
I want the Linux box to use an FTP and file server. However, I can't imagine using Linux as an alternative to Vista or XP or, even, Win2000.