RE: VMware install on F7 -- Solved

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> > I'm a bit dismayed that VMware is not playing a more active role in

> > making the scripts necessary to get their product to run on Fedora.

> > Afterall Fedora eventually rolls over into a Red Hat server offering.

> >

> The issue is more the rate at which Fedora changes the kernel, the

> Vmware installation process requires (as you discvered) a build

> against the kernel sources.  Vmware make their code work with the

> latest kernels being used in various distributions at the time the

> Vmware release is done.

>

> Some distributions keep the same kernel throughout their life (e.g.

> typically server/commercial distributions) for just this reason,

> things like Vmware are supported only against certain kernel versions.

>

> Other distributions (like Fedora) stay on the 'bleeding edge' and

> update the kernel frequently, Vmware releases don't keep up with these

> changes.

>

> If you want a 'safe' place to be for sensitive software to run you

> want to use a more stable distribution than Fedora.

>

 

I agree...I was just sniveling a bit.

 

Dave McGuffey

Principal Information System Security Engineer // NSA-IEM, NSA-IAM SAIC, IISBU, Columbia, MD

 

 

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