[NBLUG/talk] VMware Linux guest recommendations

[Cameron Tully-Smith]

Thanks everyone!  Sounds like Ubuntu (or possibly Xubuntu) is what I'm
looking for in a guest OS.  I love this list!

On Jan 11, 2008 1:38 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jake at nblug.org> wrote:

> Cameron Tully-Smith wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking for a Linux distribution that will run fast in VMware; I
> don't
> > need everything installed, looking mostly for Java development ala
> Eclipse
> > and PostgreSQL.
> >
>
> I use Ubuntu without any issue at all. At my office we use it for all of
> our java/jboss stuff. Lots of our dev work is done with vmware guests
> because of snapshotting (including memory state, etc). It's great stuff
> if you have ESX running with a proper SAN back end, Kyle probably has
> lots of advice for this.
>
> -Jake
>
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