Posted by David Haynes on 02/14/06 23:12

P-Rage wrote:
> I would stay away from the VMWare idea. If you land a job, you're not
> likely to use virtual machines; you'll use real ones. So, familiarize
> yourself with installing a few Linux distros, and
> installing/configuring Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Most of the job
> descriptions I see call for knowledge of either RedHat or Debian based
> distros. I have seen a few calling for Novell's,OSs but it's rare. Good
> Luck!
>

I suspect you are unfamiliar with VMware.
VMware runs a full native OS, so you can have an instance of Windows and
Linux (e.g. Fedora Core 4 or SuSe) running on the same platform at the
same time.

The GSX product runs on top of windows and is free (as in beer). Since
it runs on top of an OS, there is a performance penalty.

The ESX product runs underneath the OS (it is Linux) and is still $$s
(IFAIK).

-david-

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