"General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf******.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:27 -0400, jim wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware
>> Player installed?
>>
>> ****ed if I can dredge one up in Google.....
>>
>> jim
>
> I doubt that one exists however it would be easy to do that with Fedora9.
> F9 has added a couple of features that make custom LiveCDs really easy.
> If you want a CD or DVD you can create a custom image that includes
> anything you want. If you use a USB FLASH drive it's even easier. You
> install the F9 LiveCD image using the overlay feature. Overlays make the
> USB LiveCD act like a normal Fedora system, i.e. you can install
> additional software, create user accounts, and modify the system just as
> you would if it was on a hard drive. You would install VMware just like
> you would on a regular Fedora box. I don't know if VMware 1.0.5 will run
> on a 2.6.25 kernel but the beta of VMware Server 2.0 does, I have VMware
> Server 2.0 running on a couple of F9 systems.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live

But didn't RedHat abandon the desktop? I am not at all comfortable using
desktop software from a vendor that just gave up the fight for the desktop.

jim