[NTLUG:Discuss] Testing new distributions

[Kenneth Loafman]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> For those of you that want to test out a new
> linux distribution..... you can install VMware
> on linux or win2000 and install a linux in
> it's own Virtual Machine. If you like it,
> you can re-install it on the main partition.
> 
> VmWare is pretty handy for testing out new
> installs.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 

That's the way I run my Window's machines.  Windows is not worth 
dedicating an entire machine to its use, so it gets only a piece.

VMware also works well to test out networking between machines.  Its 
easy to set up multiple Linux machines under VMware on the same box.

Just FYI, Windows under Linux seems to run well, where Linux under 
Windows does not.  It's probably part of the "cooperative multitasking" 
that Windows uses.  Very similar to having two warring parties locked in 
the same room as a weapons cache and told to "play nice".  It'll never 
happen in our lifetime.

...Ken