RChickenMan
February 13th, 2007, 11:10 PM
Yes, this is a frivolous, unnecessary post; however, it only happens once in the life of every Linux user and I feel like I need to share the good news with someone (trust me, my friends don't care). I'm using the extra hard drive space to construct a Linux system from scratch (MS to LFS... kind of polar opposites, wouldn't ya say?).
The only thing I need windows for is to interface with something called a Spartan board for my embedded systems class, and sure enough, it all works just fabulously under VMWare. The fact that I am able to use a very comprehensive suite of software which interfaces with a very obscure piece of hardware is a pretty good sign that VMWare will work with literally everything I would ever want to do in Windows (and by "want" i mean "forced to", as in schoolwork).
Anyways, the LFS thing is going great. Every single thing I'm doing is 100% through the CLI. At this point, I've created the new partition, formatted it, downloaded the packages, and began setting up the development environment. I've already learned so much about Linux!!! I highly recommend LFS for anyone who wants to learn the ins and outs of Linux, regardless of your ability level (well, maybe a few months of running Linux as your primary OS couldn't hurt. My mom probably couldn't do it...). The book is extremely well-written and will not leave you in the dark. In addition to the educational value, it is unbelievably fun! I'm not a video game nerd, so I'm not used to that whole staying up late at night using my computer, but that's what happened when I started building LFS! It's addictive!
Anyways, just felt I had to share that. I wish I hung out with other Linux geeks in real life so I could have popped open a bottle of champagne to celebrate!
The only thing I need windows for is to interface with something called a Spartan board for my embedded systems class, and sure enough, it all works just fabulously under VMWare. The fact that I am able to use a very comprehensive suite of software which interfaces with a very obscure piece of hardware is a pretty good sign that VMWare will work with literally everything I would ever want to do in Windows (and by "want" i mean "forced to", as in schoolwork).
Anyways, the LFS thing is going great. Every single thing I'm doing is 100% through the CLI. At this point, I've created the new partition, formatted it, downloaded the packages, and began setting up the development environment. I've already learned so much about Linux!!! I highly recommend LFS for anyone who wants to learn the ins and outs of Linux, regardless of your ability level (well, maybe a few months of running Linux as your primary OS couldn't hurt. My mom probably couldn't do it...). The book is extremely well-written and will not leave you in the dark. In addition to the educational value, it is unbelievably fun! I'm not a video game nerd, so I'm not used to that whole staying up late at night using my computer, but that's what happened when I started building LFS! It's addictive!
Anyways, just felt I had to share that. I wish I hung out with other Linux geeks in real life so I could have popped open a bottle of champagne to celebrate!