Consolidated logins windows/linux

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 29 March 2008, Collins Richey wrote:
>  > Currently, for our engineering users, we're providing Linux boxes that
>  > utilize Vmplayer to provide Windows XP as well. That has not proved to
>  > be 100% reliable. Frequent hangs, and RHEL4 thus far has not provided
>  > a kernel that supports the sound card in our current HP desktop boxes.
>
>  Have you ever tried  VirtualBox...   I used to use VMware (paid for version)
>  and it worked so-so but I have found virtualbox to be better, particularly in
>  the sound area...
>

I've used the open version of virtual box - no usb support. I
understand the subscription version has usb support.

OTOH, we're milking free software where we can, so ... I doubt  it.

Our sound problem is a kernel problem. HP switched to a truly oddball
card in our latest machines, and redhat RHEL4 is not forthcoming with
support. The card probably works in RHEL5, but we have one or more
proprietary apps that don't support RHEL5 yet.

-- 
Collins Richey
 If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
 of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.