Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:26:56 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Stefan Farrenkopf <sfarren@gwdg.de> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware 5 Message-ID: <d9175cad05091400264d48fd96@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D99F8D32B2D0FEB8F4AC662B@dfnhome051.gwdg.de> References: <D99F8D32B2D0FEB8F4AC662B@dfnhome051.gwdg.de>
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On 9/14/05, Stefan Farrenkopf <sfarren@gwdg.de> wrote: > Hello, >=20 > will there be a vmware port with version 4 or 5 some day or is there=20 > another possibility to run these versions with with FreeBSD 5.4? =20 I thought (though could be wrong) that there was work that had gotten 4 close to working, but it seems unlikely (imho) that either will be up-and-running soon. Is there some feature missing from vmware3 that you need? > I have found some discussion about qemu, but I did not really understand = if >=20 > this helps to use the more recent vmware versions or if it just replaces= =20 > vmware. Can anyone point me to a good starting point for reading about th= is >=20 > technology? qemu.org is the home-page. It can work like vmware though by default does much more (processor emulation!!!) > I tested CrossOver Office on my linux box and it's far away from being a= =20 > replacement for the vmware solution. >=20 > In my opinion the newer versions should be availalbe, because it's hard t= o=20 > swith to FreeBSD, if you do not own an old vmware license. That's probably something to talk to the vmware people about. Freebsd could always use a little more attention from software vendors. --=20 If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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