[SGVLUG] Got fat pipes? Vmware server is FREE

[Emerson, Tom]

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

(the server is a couple hundred megabytes...)

While you are there, you might want to check into this page as well:

http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/

Basically, these are pre-configured instances of "some application" that will run on "any standard x86 desktop or server" -- I'm not sure if that means it takes over the entire machine (like a "Live-CD")  or if it can run under a "foreign" OS as an independent self-contained unit.  However, in the list of pre-built applications I see:

   Gentoo 2006.0 advanced
   free dos beta
   freespire beta 2
   ubuntu 6.06
     kubuntu 6.06      [kde instead of gnome(?)]
     xubunti 6.06 lts  [xfce instead of gnome]
   Suse
     openSuse 10.1
     SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 
   foresight linux
   redhat 
     6.2 
     fedora core
     enterprise
   NexentaOS alpha 5 [noted as "GnuSolaris"...]
   openBSD/FreeBSD/PC-BSD (KDE based)
   pocket linux  (based on "kde light" -- gotta see that!]
   puppy linux
   Syllable   (???) "reliable and easy to use GPLed OS"
   Debian
     Kanotix [german based debian]
   ReactOS -- "free software ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows(R) XP compatible operating system" [I kid you not!]
   Minix (why not?)
   Persistent Knoppix

And that's just under "operating systems"!  Other intriguing items include pre-built Database servers, a "voicemail RSS feed generator" [turns voicemail into podcasts...], mediawiki, NAS/SAN solutions, a "tamper proof internet café PXE server" and so on.

Tom Emerson
818-977-8828