Am 12.04.2013 17:37, schrieb Gary Stainburn: >> Some time ago, I tested a Fedora install with VMware Workstation running >> our WinXP image for the Windows-only apps (CAD, Sketchp), and it worked >> really well; >> - the only problem was strong resistance from stubborn users. > > How does running Windows apps over VMWare over Linux give any benefits? Surely > you still need WinXP but have added two extra layers? you have one rock-solid system and can do as much as possible with linux, if you really need things to do which you know how on windows but currently not on linux NOW you can wake up the windows guest that's the workflow _____________________________ * snapshots * easy backups of the whole windows * easy restore of the whole windows * clone machines for different usecases * avoid dealing with different hardware and drivers * provide compareable installations where tests are predictable that's the additional benefits these days you do the same with Linux as guest these days you even virtualize complete production networks these days you do not install devel-packages and compilers on your working machine, you start the rpm-build environemnt in a snapshotable virtual machine and distribute only the binaries hence anything which can be virtualized these days is virtualized and someone who started to do this regulary will never go back to physical installs for things which can be virtualized
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