It also gives you that opportunity to do su -c 'rm -rf /' with little guilt.
;)

On 23 June 2011 22:00, Technomage Hawke <technomage.hawke@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have found that running linux as a host and running a linux guest are a
> very powerful combination. I used this combination to test different
> distributions and had very little difficulty in setting up a new instance. I
> also ran windows, openbsd (as the firewall) and sun solaris for pc and a
> great many others.
>
> the reason I stipulated linux as the host was that I had far better control
> over running services. I found that windows sucked as a host and caused
> problems (especially for linux guests).
> -Eric
> On Jun 23, 2011, at 4:33 PM, mike enriquez wrote:
>
> > I have a VMWare computer running Red Hat Linux.
> >
> > Talking to some Linux people, I learned  this is common.
> >
> > What are the Pros and Cons of running Linux on a virtual machine?
> >
> > What do you think?  All comments will be appreciated?
> >
> > It seems like  lot of extra work to me but I am newbie.
> >
> > What do I know?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Mike Enriquez
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