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How to install VMware player under slitaz 3.0

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• Started 12 years ago by emikesch
• Latest reply from Trixar_za
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   emikesch
   

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   Hi!

   Has anyone successfully installed Vmware player under slitaz 3.0?

   I want to use a Windows VM (guest) under Slitaz (host).

   Thanks!

   emikesch

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Ignasi
   

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   you must install coreutils-disk package.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Virtualbox is a good alternative to Vmware
   #tazpkg get-install get-virtualbox
   #get-virtualbox

   get-virtualbox script downloads/installs virtualbox non-free version (guest additions compat) and all it's depends.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   sebus
   

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   "Good alternative" is not the same

   People would like to use Player/Workstation for various reasons

   Instructions (testing?) from the ONES that know would be appreciated by the rest of us MINIONS

   sebus

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   Visualization software is Visualization software. If it does the job well enough, why complain about the brand? It's like complaining because your friend bought you the wrong brand of bottled water. In the end it's still just water.

   Personally I use qemu with qemulator since it's in the repository.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Ignasi
   

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   I must apologize, as what I said was not 100% correct, to INSTALL vmware player you need the packages for bash and coreutils-disk.
   But that only helps in installing vmware, once installed, more problems occur, (kernel modules not found, scripts not executed... I don't really know how to solve)

   To trixar, I haven't tried qemu, but I know for sure, vmware let's me set up more ram, without swapping, than virtualbox.
   This is (to me at least) a point to go for vmware.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   sebus
   

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   One reason to use Vmware is to run Mac OS X natively (no need to hack installer etc)

   So that is the reason why I would NOT use qemu, even it is easier to get working...

   sebus

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   -rolls eyes-

   Note how I said I use qemulator with qemu. It's pretty straight forward from the gui.

   Vmware has been known to have issues running certain distros (like Fedora), while Virtualbox has some issues with Ubuntu. No virtualization software gets all the hardware calls 100% accurate. Also isn't it breaking the licence agreement of MacOS to run it on anything other than a Mac?

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   sebus
   

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   Well, it might, but I paid for it, so will ignore it

   You are right, no software is perfect

   sebus

   Posted 12 years ago #
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    Trixar_za
    

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    Yeah... you agreed to the licence which clearly states how you can use it and on what. Just know the fine is pretty steep. My friend got fined 20k and had his PC seazed for a similar offence. But hey, it's your ass on the line ;)

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    sebus
    

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    I am too small & insignificant ...

    sebus

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Trixar_za
    

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    So was he

    Posted 12 years ago #

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