Hi Stephen!
I am not conversant with VMWare, what is it?
Gentoo has a desktop theme that looks very XP, I'll see if I can find the URL.
This is not to mention KDE's XP look.
<http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/icons/WIN.xml>http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/icons/WIN
.xml
http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?file=848-1.jpg
Whaddya think?
Regards,
Pete
At 01:15 PM 6/12/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Getting back to this.
>
>How would you set up a Linux System and VMWare to host a XP styled system?
>
>I've ordered my new drive and could be here next week.
>
>Stephen Russell
>S.R. & Associates
>Memphis TN 38115
>901.246-0159
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .DO.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com]On
>Behalf Of Pete Theisen
>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:32 PM
>To: ProFox Email List
>Subject: RE: [OT] or [NF] Linux (again!)
>
>
>Hi Stephen!
>
>Well, we've had a lot of good input from several contributors to this
>thread, I guess you know to try something other than RH 8. I'll be letting
>you all know in a couple of weeks about Gentoo.
>
>Regards,
>
>Pete
>
>At 07:48 AM 6/11/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>You got it. Idea is to have Linux up full time and load XP when needed.
>>
>>IMO best way to learn something is to use it full time for 3 months or
>more.
>>This would force me to get good with Linux, and evaluate it's state of
>>affairs today.
>>
>>My last run with Linux as a desktop was pretty poor. Clipboard didn't flow
>>between Opera and Word processing doc Open??? That was a kiss of death
>that
>>the app makers weren't on the same page. (Positive sign of Win products)
>>
>>That was RH 6. So things have changed. I was interested in who the whole
>>thing worked today.
>>
>>Stephen Russell
>>S.R. & Associates
>>Memphis TN 38115
>>901.246-0159
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .DO.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com]On
>>Behalf Of Pete Theisen
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:10 AM
>>To: ProFox Email List
>>Subject: RE: [OT] or [NF] Linux (again!)
>>
>>
>>Hi Stephen!
>>
>>Let's see if I understand you - you want to use the Linux partition as a
>>server to host a mySQL database and use the XP partition as the client?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Pete
>>
>>At 02:08 PM 6/10/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>From a vmware page, "Virtual disks vs. raw disk partitions" In my
>>situation
>>>where I spend 80% + time in Windows and less then 20% in ??NIX which would
>>>be better?
>>>
>>>All I'd hope to do is create a Linux OS that would host MySQL data and be
>>>able to hit that real time on XP running {VFP, ASP.NET, C# Console Apps}
>>>
>>>Yes this is asking for the best of both worlds but I have a 2.6 gig laptop
>>>with half a gig of ram. I figure that this machine is capable of
>>supporting
>>>the platform I was interested in. Or am I off base.
>>>
>>>
>>>Stephen Russell
>>>S.R. & Associates
>>>Memphis TN 38115
>>>901.246-0159
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .DO.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com]On
>>>Behalf Of William Sanders
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:38 PM
>>>To: ProFox Email List
>>>Subject: Re: [OT] or [NF] Linux (again!)
>>>
>>>
>>>Stephen -
>>>I have a few lunchbox portables [big processor, gig o ram, 200 gig ide
>>>drives] that are setup
>>>for vmware, and running linux, win nt, w2k server, w2k pro [another one
>>>runing win98 and win95 and win nt server]
>>>
>>>if you were going to partition your laptop for dual boot -
>>>your partitions seem ok -
>>>but always - bigger is better...
>>>
>>>if you install the 'stock' stuff from Redhat - you get 1.5 gigs. yup.
>>>You can 'not take' the 'default' of course - and pare that down to less
>>than
>>>200 megs -
>>>but I don't recommend it unless you know what you're doing.
>>>
>>>have a good one!!!
>>>mondo regards [Bill]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>====================================
>>>William Sanders, Electronic Filing Group
>>>http://window.to/vfoxpro [remove the dot BOB to reply via email]
>>>972-668-2718 MSDN ISV, VFP/SQL [VFP and mySql? YOU BETCHA!]
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Stephen Russell" <srussell .AT. lotmate .DO.T com>
>>>To: "'ProFox Email List'" <profox@leafe.com>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 7:58 AM
>>>Subject: RE: [OT] or [NF] Linux (again!)
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm going to get a bigger drive for my laptop because current one is
>>>> sounding bad.
>>>>
>>>> Would you do a dual boot? I tried RH8 last fall and felt a yawn. On
>BIG
>>>> hardware it installed fine (much like WinBlows does). It put 1.5 gig on
>>>the
>>>> drive (much like WinBlows does) and started to say oh well they figure
>>>"why
>>>> fight success."
>>>>
>>>> Anyway how do you go about doing a dual install? WinXP pro and Name a
>>>> flavor of Linux are going to be the initial OS's I was going to give
>Win
>>>40
>>>> gig and Linux 20. Currently have just the 40 gig drive and it's all XP.
>>>>
>>>> When one is running the other is dead. Other alternative is to use a OS
>>>> loader on top of Linux to run XP. Any ones to consider?
>>>>
>>>> Stephen Russell
>>>> S.R. & Associates
>>>> Memphis TN 38115
>>>> 901.246-0159
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .DO.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com]On
>>>> Behalf Of William Sanders
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 7:56 AM
>>>> To: ProFox Email List
>>>> Subject: Re: [OT] or [NF] Linux (again!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pete - I skipped RH 8.* entirely, and moved to a 9 version.
>>>> BUT.
>>>> I USE the Mandrake distro - and not a 'pure' Red Hat - so my experience
>>is
>>>> different than yours.
>>>>
>>>> I had upgraded from an earlier version of Mandrake - it was a few years
>>>old.
>>>> things didn't work right after the upgrade
>>>> so I backed up my data stuff, twice to tapes
>>>> and reformatted
>>>> and reinstalled
>>>> and tweaked
>>>>
>>>> and it was all working again.
>>>>
>>>> it was a long two days - i took notes on paper, and had 2 extra machines
>>>> whilst doing it -
>>>> one to view documentation, and another to get any rpms..
>>>>
>>>> But it was finally working - and I'm no neophyte when it comes to that
>>>> operating system.
>>>>
>>>> One of the things I got used to when I lived in Houston - was a user
>>group
>>>> that met to DO linux installs.
>>>>
>>>> bring your gear and your CD's - and they helped you.
>>>> I learned a lot , and in turn, helped a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Surely there is something similar in your part of the world???
>>>> mondo reagrds [Bill]
>>>> ====================================
>>>> William Sanders, Electronic Filing Group
>>>> http://window.to/vfoxpro [remove the dot BOB to reply via email]
>>>> 972-668-2718 MSDN ISV, VFP/SQL [VFP and mySql? YOU BETCHA!]
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Pete Theisen" <petet .AT. acun .DO.T com>
>>>> To: <profox@leafe.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:04 AM
>>>> Subject: RE: [OT] or [NF] Linux (again!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Everybody!
>>>> >
>>>> > Has anyone ever been able to get Red Hat 8 really working productively
>>>as
>>>> a
>>>> > desktop? I started trying in JANUARY when the distribution was only a
>>>> > couple of months old. I have been through at least twenty re-installs
>>on
>>>> [snip]>
>>>> > Someone told me to try SUSE 8.2 and blow off Red Hat. Anyone know
>>>anything
>>>> > about that?
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > Pete
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > At 02:13 PM 5/2/03 +0100, you wrote:
>>>> > >Funny that Ed, but out of reading the whole article, the one thing
>>that
>>>> [snip]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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