[mdlug] A big opportunity for Linux?

[Robert Adkins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Raymond McLaughlin
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [mdlug] A big opportunity for Linux?
> 
> 
> >  The good ones aren't cheap, which is why I like the putty/vnc 
> > connection at the price of getting a full desktop.
> 
> Which brings us full circle. VMware Player/server are free to 
> use and so is Damn Small Linux.
> 
> > Of course, it would be possible to customize such a desktop so that 
> > only one application runs and the connection is dropped 
> when the app- 
> > lication closes, but I haven't had the need to set up such 
> a desktop.
> 
> Right. Of course It only needs to be setup once, then the VMs 
> could be distributed freely.
> 
> Hmmm. Sounds like an interesting project....
> 

	Just download VMWare Player and then look through their list of
freely available already setup and ready to go VMs that could do that... I
believe that there is already a Damn Small Linux VM image ready to go,
amongst other Linux Distros.

	Although, I must say that the guest OS in VMWare player actually
runs significantly faster/better while VMWare Player is running on top of
Linux, as opposed to Windows(at least Windows Vista).

	-Rob