I finally got vmware to install!

[thermodynamic]

I needed to install SuSE's source code, 184MB worth, not included by default and change the autoconf.h file to reflect the name of my kernel (2.40.20-4GB-athlon instead of 2.40.20-4GB)

However, and maybe I need to spend some time tinkering, out-of-the-box, vmware is slower at disk access than win4lin is. win4lin seems to run at native Win9x speed whereas it's taking forever to copy files in win2k's initial text-based setup mode.

But, it works.

:party:

[Kellanved]

1. woot

:party::bounce::toast::bounce::party:

[thermodynamic]

2. It finally got through the text-install phase and now the GUI

The GUI aspect seems to be running quite a bit faster, somehow. It's not native Win2k speed, but it works.

I also managed to install a screensaver looking for files in paths that did not exist. I had to download the glu.h OpenGL source file from the net, but I got it to work as well.

It's not the toddleresque simplicity of Windows, but all in all Linux is very much worth the extra tinkering.

[mrfrapp]

3. Great!

As you can probably tell from my avatar I'm a big GNU/Linux fan and I agree that it is worth the extra effort. For my purposes at least, it's the only machine (apart from my delicious Amiga) that I need.

Out of curiosity, what do you need vmware for? I expect that there's some piece of Windows software that you absolutely have to have, but I'm anxious to know what it is.

(edit: grammer and punctuation)

[thermodynamic]

5. Amiga too?

:D Love that Commodore... I imagine you use the UAE emulator? ;-)

Winbloat apps I want to try under emulation:

Adobe Premiere 6
UltraFractal
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2
Ulead PhotoImpact 8

Technically, I can live without the need for Winbloat emulation, but it's the configuration experience I want - especially if more industries switch to Linux (the SCO lawsuit against IBM is baseless).

The install of WinBloat 2000 Professional had slowed significantly during its h/w detection process (the CD active light still came on but it was slow) so I'm trying again. I should check the DMA settings of my CD drives as well.

[T Roosevelt]

4. And what do you need vmware to do

that WINE doesn't?

[thermodynamic]

6. Adobe apps, mainly

WINE does work, but it's a bit more finicky to set up apps with - and many have found the installation of apps easier to accomplish by installing via an actual emulator and then configuring in WINE afterward. I had problems with FrontPage 2002... (until I get a grip on a good WYSIWYG web page editor, I'm sticking with FrontPage - even though I do know HTML and some JavaScript and CSS, carpal tunnel makes programming difficult on a continuous basis.)

Since my "Amiga too?" reply, the reboot of the emulator has worked, the install is cruisin' by. Vmware is not that bad... I think that when all is installed, it'll run at a decent speed...