zenwhen
March 27th, 2005, 08:37 PM
I decided to give this thing a run today, and have to say it does feel a little faster than previous iterations, though it still obviously suffers from the lag that will always exist with emulation.
The GTK2 UI is much better than the tired GTK interface that previous versions have used, and it fits in much better with the default supported GNOME/Ubuntu desktop. The whole thing is a bit smoother, and the preferences menu is very “standard GNOMEish”.
It picked up and used the old Windows XP VM environment I had burned to a DVD a long while back when I realized I had no real use for it anymore because free software had replaced all of my needs that were previously filled by closed proprietary windows applications.
While I have to say that the whole experience is nicer, friendlier, and altogether perfect for doing a little work in Office or testing WebPages for IE compliance, I still have a major problem with the application.
Unless it is being used as a tech test bed, or in the situations described above for some work purpose, VMware remains a highly pirated crutch for Windows users switching to Linux.
I think I can safely say that the number of people who have bought VMware just to run GTA 1 and a couple multimedia applications could be counted on one hand. I would be willing to bet that the people running pirated VMware who read this thread could not.
This thread has two purposes. First of all to tell of my experiences with the new beta version and to provide a place for people to admit their sinful piracy on this holy day and turn over a new leaf, giving up their days of proprietary software, enabled by a pirated proprietary emulation application, and tell me why you are using VMware. You tell me why, and what needs it is filling and I will do my best to help you through the troubled path of removing the stain of closed and proprietary software from your life.
Here is a screenshot to help you visually understand both points.
http://zenhardwhere.com/images/workstation5.png
The GTK2 UI is much better than the tired GTK interface that previous versions have used, and it fits in much better with the default supported GNOME/Ubuntu desktop. The whole thing is a bit smoother, and the preferences menu is very “standard GNOMEish”.
It picked up and used the old Windows XP VM environment I had burned to a DVD a long while back when I realized I had no real use for it anymore because free software had replaced all of my needs that were previously filled by closed proprietary windows applications.
While I have to say that the whole experience is nicer, friendlier, and altogether perfect for doing a little work in Office or testing WebPages for IE compliance, I still have a major problem with the application.
Unless it is being used as a tech test bed, or in the situations described above for some work purpose, VMware remains a highly pirated crutch for Windows users switching to Linux.
I think I can safely say that the number of people who have bought VMware just to run GTA 1 and a couple multimedia applications could be counted on one hand. I would be willing to bet that the people running pirated VMware who read this thread could not.
This thread has two purposes. First of all to tell of my experiences with the new beta version and to provide a place for people to admit their sinful piracy on this holy day and turn over a new leaf, giving up their days of proprietary software, enabled by a pirated proprietary emulation application, and tell me why you are using VMware. You tell me why, and what needs it is filling and I will do my best to help you through the troubled path of removing the stain of closed and proprietary software from your life.
Here is a screenshot to help you visually understand both points.
http://zenhardwhere.com/images/workstation5.png