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I tried the free VMware on Linux on bare bones machine solution and got terrible performance.Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWhich you could do quite cheaply / easily by buying a bare bones machine and sticking Linux on it first, then free VMWare to put OSX on.
Not going there again. It was painful.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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I use it all the time and have never had any problems with it, either running Windows or Linux VM on Linux Mint and on Ubuntu.Originally posted by Sysman View PostI tried the free VMware on Linux on bare bones machine solution and got terrible performance.
Not going there again. It was painful.
Each to their own
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I tried with both Ubuntu and Linux Mint as VMware hosts last January, and they both had problems when I started chucking loads of I/O around. The GUI would become unacceptably unresponsive for longish periods. I went back to Windows and VirtualBox at that point.Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostI use it all the time and have never had any problems with it, either running Windows or Linux VM on Linux Mint and on Ubuntu.
Each to their own
Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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