Linux with VMWARE Beryl XGL 3d Desktop - Music by Battles

[usertogo]

This is great congrats, especially also on the little hidden consciousness enhancing political messages!

Regarding the capabilities of shown configuration, how likely do you consider it that you be able to run CAD applications or even Imersive Open Gl games on the windows part within linux and VM Ware?

[djstoltz2000]

Okay so this might be a noob question but I've recently replaced Windows with Ubuntu Studio on my laptop, so if I use VMWare to install XP will I need to find drivers again? Or does VMWare use the drivers running Ubuntu? Also will I be able to use direct midi support within VMWare or will I have to use an external client such as MIDIRules? Thanks for any help, I'm a DJ but haven't been thoroughly impressed with the DJ apps for Linux and I want to try avoiding dual booting if possible :-)

[brainphreak]

You can probably do most dj stuff in a virtual machine, but I dont know if midi is supported in a VM. As for drivers, it will use the built in ubuntu drivers, but then you will install "vmware tools" which is a set of tools and drivers for ubuntu to run better on vmware. A good analogy is a physical computer, when you install windows without the drivers, windows gives it a generic crappy videos card driver for exampel. You cannot increase resolution but it works. Load the driver & gain functions

[vasilizzzz]

can you give me some faq or a site giving advice how to load an already installed windows os at vmware?? i try it but when loading my already intalled in another partition windowsXP, it gives me a common windows blue screen error...

[brainphreak]

with the latest version of vmware (6) you can simple create a new virtual machine and when asked to create a disk, just choose to use an existing partition. This should allow you to boot right into windows. Of course you can only boot to a single partition one time. So you can for example boot into the same partition you are running workstation from.

[khlymore]

but witch one vmware server 2.0 beta or workstation?? and witch is better in your opinion??

[brainphreak]

haha didnt see this until now, you can use either, player is free. Workstation is good for a single user, server runs multiple at once. Hope you found what you needed.

[301japp]

what is the video you are watching?

[brainphreak]

it is two videos, the first "true lies" talaam acey. The second part is "freedom to fascism" by aaron russo. Both highly recommended. If you want a DVD copy sent to you just let me know in a PM. I give away these DVD's to lots of people.

[absolutroot]

i love the idea of beryl + vmware. They should make an add on in beryl to run something like vmware so you can have multiple OS's running at once... on different sides of the beryl cube without having to use a standalone program to do it...

[brainphreak]

vmware is far too complex for the developers of beryl to tackle. You can get vmware player for free though, while you cant install an OS inside, you can use an existing OS (like your XP install) from another partition and run it through VMWARE player inside linux (or windows)

[khlymore]

really but how what you mean i choose a curren hardrive with windows installed to run inside vmware ? i though always that but the thing is will have all the capabilities??

[brainphreak]

yes you point to the hard disk and boot the native install of windows on another partition (dual boot system), or you can just install windows from scratch into a new virtual machine and have the files inside linux, You have a full version of windows, you will have all capabilities but no 3d video card or anything. It is emulated hardware, so not the top of the line specs. Although now workstation DOES support some 3d directx stuff

[SC0tt420]

man that 3-d shit is crazyness!!!damn your PC loads so much faster than mine hahaha I think that is what is so amazing to me haaa

[brainphreak]

its the power of Linux :o)

[khlymore]

thats the truth THE POWER OF LINUX man is just unlimit was desapointed a litle bit since there is no existing virtual machine that can run a complete operating system my plan was to run mac os x leopard into a pc and then run parallels and then run windows and linux there so i can have finally the 3 64 bit operating system witch is the thing im trying to do right now

[brainphreak]

you can run vmware on apple too. fusion is the name. Works better than parallels also. Better company too :oP