School Project; please read

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A good alternative to VMWare is VirtualBox.  The free version lets you create new VMs, which VMPlayer does not.

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From: "Dick Dowdell" <dick.dowdell at gmail.com>
> Brian,
> 
> Given your requirements, I would highly recommend using the FREE VMware
> Server (http://www.vmware.com/download/server/).  Any solution that requires
> the re-partitioning of an MS Windows hard drive is very risky and can easily
> lose data or render the PC unbootable with Windows.  Unfortunately, Windows
> OSs (2K, XP, Vista) were implemented under the assumption that Microsoft
> products are the only OSs anyone might have running on a PC.  They don't
> really even play well with each other.
> 
> You can download the Windows version of VMware and get as many installation
> keys for your students as you need.  I'd do a complete Ubuntu installation
> under VMware with all the software you need for the class.  You can zip up
> (Windows utility) the files that make up the Ubuntu virtual machine files
> and burn them to a DVD.  The virtual machine files can be unzipped and run
> on any PC with VMware installed.
> 
> If you are interested in this approach, I can give you detailed,
> step-by-step, instructions.  For years, I've been using this approach for
> testing Linux software on Linux and Windows hosts because you cannot screw
> up the host from inside a virtual machine and you can take snapshots of
> virtual machines and restore them to their pre-test state if there are
> problems.  A Ubuntu virtual machine can have full network access and can
> apply any standard Ubuntu updates as needed.
> 
> Regards,
> Dick Dowdell
> 
> 
> On 10/16/07, Brian Fahrlander <brian at fahrlander.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >      Well, for the first time in literally years, a break appears: if I
> > can write a how-to on setting up an "Introduction to Linux" class, the
> > local college will PAY me to do it.  Teaching...getting paid...two
> > things I thought I wouldn't really see again...   :>
> >
> >      Technical questions: ('cause this is that list)
> >
> >      They have all Windows boxes; probably 2k3 or XP. Vista, if they
> > hurt someone in a past life...it is enough to have them resize, say, 5G
> > of their drives to install Linux?  How tough is that? (I've not
> > maintained Windows this century...)
> >
> >      Is it possible to hand out "Live" CDs and do anything meaningful on
> > them, like learning spreadsheets, word processing, etc?  I'm assuming
> > any school work would have to connect to a shared-space, someplace...
> >
> >      Are there other low-cost ways to present Linux to a room full of
> > students, easily?  (I'm aware of LTSP; I'm also aware of netbooting
> > having changed drastically since I used it...but I love the idea)
> >
> >      If we can get this class going, there's a good chance of exposure!
> > (And I stay out of child-support prison...)
> > --
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> 
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> Regards,
> Dick Dowdell
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