jim wrote:
> Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware Player
> installed?

As far as I know, no, but you can always make your own LiveCD, there are
quite many HOWTOs for that.

--

//Aho

jim wrote:
> Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware Player
> installed?
>
> Damned if I can dredge one up in Google.....
>
> jim
>
>
Look for "geexbox". It's a small dedicated program devoted ONLY to
media playback. It's out of Quebec so I know at least English and French
languages are supported.

Later
Mike

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?
>
> Damned 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

"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
news:RqOdnV6pcu0qLa_VnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> 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?
>>
>> Damned 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