[LUAU] VMWare on Fedora Core 4

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

This past weekend I spent some time playing with VMWare 5 (an evaluation 
copy) on FC4.  Everything (AFAIK) worked out of the box-except bridged 
networking.  But it didn't take long the get this nuisance fixed.  On a 
plain vanilla machine (Athlon64 2800+ w/ 1GB DDR), I really couldn't 
notice any difference b/t this virtual machine and a real Windows XP.  
Things have really improved.

For both habitual and involuntary Windows users, running Windows under 
VMWare/Linux offers several distinct advantages.  For example, it allows 
easy backup (the entire Windows OS is reduced into a folder) and 
multiple configurations (you can have multiple versions/configurations 
of Windows on the same machine).  However, it does require both a VMWare 
license ($199) and a Windows license.

On the requirement of a Windows license, I found out that VMWare does 
not accept an upgrade CD--it must be a full version CD.  I hope someone 
could tell me that I am wrong.  Wayne