[indiana-discuss] VMware tips.. and a few questions (was Re:

[Emilian Bold]

> Yes.  I said this weeks ago, but again I believe an extraordinarily large portion of the project indiana iso downloads were installed into virtual machines.  I believe that information should be tracked so that smart decisions for the project can be made in the future.  If people are using the software in VMs, then the software should be tested in VMs.
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Yes, makes sense to test for the most used platforms (virtual or not) but...
> Most virtual machine software is free, and the technology makes running a new operating system as easy as opening a document. I think you'll find (once you start tracking usage) that running an OS such as Project Indiana in a VM is the rule, not the exception.  It needs to be developed to accommodate this.
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Maybe people run it in a VM as it's not usable enough to dual-boot ?

Also, it is "as easy as opening a document"if you have the latest and 
greatest hardware.  How am I to compare the performance of OpenSolaris 
if I just use a VM ?

>> Anyone know if the VMware tools are
>> redistributable?
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> I think vmwaretools is very much not redistributable, but you should still talk to vmware about it.  Eventually the latest vmware version should be packaged with the latest vmware tools version which should include an opensolaris version made with the ips package format... so maybe you could start them down that road now.
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