On 11/5/2009 10:43 AM, Christopher A. Williams wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 12:02 -0400, David wrote: > <snip...> >> >> >> Again. My guess? Fedora will work just as hard to solve this as they do >> for Nvidia problems. ATI problems. And any other proprietary software >> problems. >> >> And that VMware treats Fedora as 'experimental' because Fedora is a >> cutting edge distribution. >> >> In other words? I would not hold my breath for this to happen. :-) > > Unfortunately, you may be right about this part. > >> May I suggest that you try Virtualbox? It works quite well with Fedora >> and they support the Fedora releases. And there are rpms for >> Rawhide/Fedora 12 also. > > Actually, I already use VirtualBox as well. I find it just fine for > basic virtualization needs on the desktop. But when you need to work in > a VMware environment, VirtualBox just doesn't cut it from an integration > point of view. And I don't particularly care for the method of handling > virtual disks for VMs. I prefer keeping things for a specific VM in the > same folder by default - it makes moving things from one system to the > next a lot more seamless. > > I've also found that VirtualBox is not too friendly with Compiz when > running in seamless mode. There are lots of repaint issues. > Workstation's seamless mode (aka Unity) has been a lot easier to manage > with all of the Compiz "eye candy" turned on. The menuing system is also > far superior in my opinion. Ah.. I see. Well I hope that you get a resolution to your satisfaction of this situation soon. I could believe that others might be interested in this also and that they might appreciate a 'success' report. If I used VMware I know that I would. Good luck. -- David
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