[TriLUG] Re: VM

[Alan Porter]

QUESTION

> (http://www.vmware.com/products/server/) is free so why would
> anyone use VMware Player?

ANSWER

> Of course, I guess being able to let the repository manage
> upgrades is nice.


When it's done right (when the Ubuntu package managers remember
to update the vmware drivers when the kernel package changes),
it is much easier to maintain a system with the vmware-player
package.  If you install vmware server outside of the dpkg/apt
system, you have to remember to recompile the kernel drivers
every time the kernel is updated.

For this reason, I use vmware server myself, but I recommend
vmware player for my wife.


Alan




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