Re: Digital video camera

**"* P* L* <t*@spamfodder.com>**

> Again, it will be a dual boot system so I can run my Linux software -
> but have something that will handle the higher system requirements of
> the Mac or Win systems - and video production over there.  (until Linux
> video editors mature of course) :-)

Hi Doug,

   If you can, I strongly recommend using vmware or xen on your system 
   instead of dual-booting (vmware is a lot easier to use, though).

   Basically, this lets you run Windows or any other Intel-based operating
   system in a window running on your machine.  If you're a Windows user
   you could try out Linux in a virtual machine (VM) without having to
   reinstall the operating system.  If you're a Linux user, you could run
   Windows in a VM instead.  

   There are a lot of great things about a VM.  One for me is security --
   I don't have to leave the Windows instance running, so I feel better 
   about the security aspect.  When I'm not using it, I can just 'suspend'
   it and keep using Linux.

   Another is the flexibility.  I can install as many different operating
   systems as I have disk space for.  Curious how the latest version
   of CentOS, Fedora, or Vista works?  Just install it in a VM.  If you
   don't like it, you can always delete it.

   Probably the best aspect is portability.  Your VM is basically one
   file on your machine, so anywhere that you copy that file you can
   run your VM.  If I'm going out of town to visit family, I can copy
   the VM to a compact flash card and then copy it to their machine 
   when I get there.  All of my files, drivers, and everything else will
   just work because the VM interface standardizes all of that stuff.

   I run VMWare Workstation on my Fedora Core 7 laptop.  I've been using
   Linux since 1991 (version 0.12) and exclusively since 1994 and love it,
   and never want to run anything else as my primary operating system.
   But I do have Windows applications that I need to run, so VMWare has
   proved to be invaluable.  With it I can use Photoshop or Scottrade
   Elite (a realtime stock application that only runs on Windows).  It's
   also useful when I want to see how Web pages look on a Windows machine.

   Those of you with Macs are probably going to be interested in VMs
   too.  Now that Macs use Intel-based processors, you can run other 
   operating systems like Linux or Windows on there too.

   VMWare:     http://www.vmware.com/
               available for Linux and Windows, vmware 'server' is free

   Xen:        http://www.xen.org/
               available for Linux, free

   Parallels:  http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
               available for MacOS, $80

Chris

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