Teknoids

I realize that those running university computer labs have much less
latitude, but if I were running a small not-for-profit, I'd see about
addressing the obsolescence by virtualizing Windows XP to run on a Linux
platform.

VMWare has two free tools available -- VMWare Converter (for getting a
virtual machine image from a current installation) and VMWare Player
(for using the virtual machine). (Microsoft, in its infinite generosity,
has decided to allow a licensed physical machine to run up to four
virtual machines on the same license.) You can pay them for additional
functionality.

As a tech-friendly non-IT person, I've enjoyed using VMWare Player on my
Windows desktop to test-run various Linux desktops and even content
management system deployments. I've been waiting until I had a few days
to try doing what I've described above. I sense in Tracey a kindred
tinkerer. Perhaps she, I, and some like-minded folks might collaborate
on one of those newfangled CALI wiki tutorials...

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Sara S. Frug
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Tracey McCartney wrote:
> At 09:38 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
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>> While we're on the subject of Vista ...
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> So while we ARE on the subject, and apologies if I missed this, but
> are many of you upgrading to Vista in your labs, etc.? If we get
> funded again, I'll be making some decisions along those lines for our
> handful of machines...
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> Tracey
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