On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 18:12 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 16:42, Bruce Keats wrote: > > Yes, there is a good reason. The project I am working on has > > standardized on FC4 for now. We will start the port to FC5 once we > > are through the current cycle. > > > > I will probably give FC5 a shot on the Dell Optiplex GX620 when I get > > it downloaded. > > Worst case: find something that runs on the box, even the OS > you paid for when you got it - then run vmware server (now free > at http://www.vmware.com) with that as the host to run the > OS(es) that you really want. When it's time for the next version, > just delete the old virtual machine files. > That is definitely worst case. Who would want to run an os in a vmware instance when it can be run native on the machine? The penalties in performance make that much less than optimal for most needs. Of course, there are cases where a vmware instance is useful, but not for everyday use. Besides, problems within a vmware window have added an additional layer of complexity for trouble shooting. The OS in the vm is not actually touching the hardware so many things can be hardware _or_ vm _or_ os problems and it becomes much more difficult to identify the actual problem.
