> I thought this could be an interesting thing for SLUG. Could we set up
> a Linux Virtual Workstation swap somewhere? Those of us who have the
> full VMWare Workstation software could create the files of various
> distros and upload them to an FTP server, or maybe BitTorrent them.
> Then if someone wants to try out Linux, they don't need a whole computer
> dedicated (or a partition) to that Linux distro. They can run it from
> VMWare Player. I run a Fedora Core 4 LAMP server in VMWare and it runs
> flawlessly. I would imagine that most distros would too. The beauty of
> it is that there won't be any hardware or driver conflicts since it's
> virtual.
>
> Anyway, I just thought this would be useful for people wanting to try
> out Linux. Anyone have further ideas, or interest in this?
It's an excellent idea... I have multiple Fedora, Solaris, BSD instances running
various applications such as OpenLDAP/automount, DNS, web, etc.. For people who
would like to jump right into a technology but don't want to go through the setup
procedure (e.g., content developers, testers, etc..) it's a perfect solution. With
LDAP, for example, the initial configuration can be somewhat involved. Once running,
it's much easier to maintain. With a VMWare image someone could give a demonstration
then hand out CDs with the server pre-installed for people to play with or
customize. They could even use it on their own system as an appliance with
relatively little work.
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