[TriLUG] Win4Lin(was linuux mouse kvm problems)

[Roy Vestal]

Win4Lin is $69.00 (LUG price).
VMWare is $299.00

The main difference is Win4Lin runs as a Linux process, albeit a HUGE 
process, while VMWare takes a certain amount of your system resources 
(i.e. X amount of your RAM is only available to your VMWare session).

Also Win4Lin, you can set how big the C: drive is and it will "grow" to 
the max, but will not use the full amount unless you fill up Windows. 
VMWare takes the amount of HDD you specify as one file.

They both have their place. I use Win4Lin for some of our Windows only 
network functions, and I use VMWare for development of my programs.

Just stuff to think about.

Lisa C. Boyd wrote:

> Michael Thompson wrote:
>
>> I have run Photoshop and Dreamweaver/Fireworks/Flash MX with Vmware with
>> no apparent problems, but my trial period is over and Vmware is just a
>> little too pricey for my budget right now... but it was *very* nice to
>> be able to run my Windoze apps on my Linux desktop. I have yet to get
>> the Win4Lin demo to work with RH8.0...
>
>
> That's good to know! I haven't looked at Vmware yet but if it's too 
> pricey for you then it's probably way too pricey for me - especially 
> since I'm lucky enough to have two computers here. Although I guess if 
> it's cheaper than what I could get for one of my computers...the 
> wheels start turning :)
>
> Thanks for the input on the Mac/Adobe/Macromedia stuff too. I have had 
> some troubles with Adobe programs on my Windows machine but I think it 
> was more of I was trying to do too much at one time for my computer :)
>
> Then there's the dream of video editing ... but alas, have other 
> things I need to learn first :)
>
> Lisa B.
>
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