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> > > I'm a bit dismayed
that VMware is not playing a more active role in > > making the scripts
necessary to get their product to run on Fedora. > > Afterall Fedora
eventually rolls over into a Red Hat server offering. > > > The issue is more the
rate at which Fedora changes the kernel, the > Vmware installation
process requires (as you discvered) a build > against the kernel
sources. Vmware make their code work with the > latest kernels being
used in various distributions at the time the > Vmware release is done. > > Some distributions keep
the same kernel throughout their life (e.g. > typically
server/commercial distributions) for just this reason, > things like Vmware are
supported only against certain kernel versions. > > Other distributions
(like Fedora) stay on the 'bleeding edge' and > update the kernel
frequently, Vmware releases don't keep up with these > changes. > > If you want a 'safe'
place to be for sensitive software to run you > want to use a more
stable distribution than Fedora. > I agree...I was just
sniveling a bit. Dave McGuffey Principal Information System
Security Engineer // NSA-IEM, NSA-IAM SAIC, IISBU, |
