On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 08:03:57AM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > I've read this many times and am sure it's true, but why would anyone > use Winduhs as a host for Linux? That just seems remarkable wrong, > somehow.
If you've never used Linux before you may be more comfortable running the occasional Linux program from within a VMware-Linux started in Windows. Or maybe part of your system doesn't work yet within Linux, e.g. you have a winmodem. For a while the biggest reason for me to boot up Windows was to burn a cdrom. That wasn't functioning yet within Linux for me - now it is. I'm not sure if a VMware-Windows started from within Linux would be able to speak to the cd writer directly if Linux itself can't even do that. Anyway, I have never used VMware, but I can think of some reasons to use Windows as a VMware host for Linux. But it should indeed usually be the other way around. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
