Rexter
YeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
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Re: Thin linux distro for VM
Yea, ESXi doesn't work on this machine. It's an older Gateway. Going with a minimal Linux distro is probably my best option. Do you know of a distro that is already minimized/optimized for this purpose. Secondly, if I run Windows on VM, will it have full access to all system hardware, or will I me missing things like 3D graphics, and sound?
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JohnInSJ
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join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA | You will have emulated access to the hardware, that's what a VM does. Windows runs OK, but its not going to be very good for games. |
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rec9140
Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
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said by Rexter  :
Yea, ESXi doesn't work on this machine. It's an older Gateway. Going with a minimal Linux distro is probably my best option. Do you know of a distro that is already minimized/optimized for this purpose. Secondly, if I run Windows on VM, will it have full access to all system hardware, or will I me missing things like 3D graphics, and sound?
What are the system specifications for the hardware your going to use?
What are the guest OS's you will run?
What type of programs are you going to run on the guest OS's?
VM's are not for gaming.
A VM is a computer within a computer software program, or emulated. VMWare has made great improvements in the graphics accelaration area, but if this is for gaming then you may just want to leave that gaming OS on there. You have full access to the hardware.
For a good base Linux to start from I would start with:
KMint
»www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=28
Then you can add VMWare Sever to it to run the guest OS's.
There is no particular Linux distro that is really aimed and/or opitimized for VM use. Linux is a lot less bloated than another OS to start so just about any distro makes a good starting point for VM use.
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