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Parallels Desktop vs VMWare Fusion

So, I’ve been taking some time off posting to this site, as I’ve been a little busy with personal life stuff, and I’ve been trying to figure out the best route to take this project. Getting a little tired, honestly, with Parallels Desktop, as it seems to be geared towards people who want to run Windows and play games. I’m not looking for that. I want something more along the lines of VMWare’s simply amazing ESX Server – which is designed to host multiple independent OS’s in a server environment. Further, if I’m reading my notes correctly, I can migrate Fusion images directly to the free VMWare Server, which I’m going to install on the Shuttle I have at home.

So, I’ve put Parallels on hold for now, and have a 30 day trial of VMWare Fusion setup at home. Maybe it will even allow me to install the server kernel for ubuntu? I’ll find out soon, and try to get back to making headway on this soon. On the positive side, I’ve already been able to install Solaris Nevada (Build 77) on VMWare – which Parallels was complaining about.

We’ll have to wait and see.

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