Linux & VMware Workstation

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Hi folks
Has anybody had any experience with installing linux onto a Windows 2000 machine using VMware Workstation? the application is still new to me but i would like to get some form of linux on to play about with..

thanks as ever..
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[Memetic]

Rather than an install try Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) it's a live (Very) fully featured linux distribution that runs from CD without installing anything, great hardware detection too.

I keep one in the laptop bag as a rescue disk.

[Voidhawk]

I have a virtual Red Hat (http://www.redhat.com/) installation on my XP machine that runs quite well. I mostly use it as a web server for testing, but it's great for playing about with too.

There are often a few tweaks that need to be done before the installations work in VM Ware, but most of it is documented on VM's website. It's probably best to choose a supported OS (http://www.vmware.com/support/ws45/doc/intro_supguest_ws.html) too.

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Memetic
Thanks for that excellent suggestion of using Koppix.. Excellent introduction to Linux

Thanks voidhawk too for your contribution...

z...

[Memetic]

Glad you liked it.:D