Vmware...or Bosh?

[kurrupt]

hey guys.. iam new to the linux world first off, i give thanks to tragedy and hurt for helping me out this whole time

but iam having a problem.. i go vmware for linux.. and i tried installing it (running debian btw) and it installs fine but for some reason when i configure it it goes nuts.. i dono.. it could be the version of Vmware i have..
but i have been hearing about this new virtual machine work station which is opensource called "Bosh"? anyone heard of it? or used it? i cant seem to find it a link to there home page..

anyone know?

[eccentric]

Good day

I haven't used bochs before but I have used VM Ware long ago. I can't say a whole lot for either of them, but VM Ware is probably alot more polished and should work better than bochs. But bochs is coming along and might be worth a go (it is free afterall).

You can find the homepage at http://bochs.sourceforge.net/

You can install it with apt-get install bochs-x probably.

I believe you are limited to window 95 or winnt 4 with bochs at this time. What is happening with VM Ware when you configure it?

[Guest]

apparently the VMware version i have 4.0.0 wont support my kernel 2.6.7.. so i need an updated ver of vmware, and i cant find it anywhere

[kurrupt]

[eccentric]

Ahh, ya. You can download an eval copy of VMWare 4.5 from http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/newstore/wkst_eval_login.jsp which should do what you want I guess. However seeing as it would cost you $200 US dollars to purchase VMWare to run windows in, maybe you should look at what you need to run windows for and look for a solution to that?