[clue] Looking for Someone to help me setup a Linux server with VM's

[marcus hall]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 03:55:18PM -0600, Larry Sawyer wrote:
> Upon a friends recommendation, I recently installed VMWare (OpenSource) on a
> production server at a fairly large training facility here in Denver. It was
> explained to me that VMWare's OpenSource version was free. Now I'm receiving
> an error that states my Evaluation License is About to Expire. VM's will
> cease to work after 38 days. Does anyone know if there is a "Free"
> OpenSource VMWare program out there (Pirated Doesn't Count), or a fix for
> this? 
 

I don't believe that there is a VMWare version that is Open Source.  There
is a version (actually several) that is "free" (gratis).  However, it
sounds like you have installed a version that is a non-free (in any sense)
product.

I actually use VirtualBox, which is "free" in all senses (although there is
a proprietary plugin that provides some additional functionality.)  I believe
that VirtualBox can play VMWare machine images (although you may have to
run it through a conversion of some sort..), so this may be a reasonable path
for you to take.
  
marcus hall
marcus at tuells.org