Xastir in a Virtual Appliance Re: [Xastir] Better and/or Easier Way to Get Xastir on Windows

[Steve Friis]

Tom Russo wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 10:31:09PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <duffy at wb8nut.com> flavor, containing:
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>> I tried this method and it works very well.
>>
>> Go to www.vmware.com and download the free VMWare Player.  Install on 
>> your windows machine.
>>
>> Also on the VMWare site, download a virtual machine for Mepis Linux, 
>> Ubuntu Linux, or Kubuntu.
>>
>> Once it is downloaded, start the virtual machine in the VMWare player.  
>> Now you have Linux running as a virtual machine on your windows machine 
>> - at the same time.
>>
>> While running Mepis, Ubuntu or Kubuntu, using the Package Manager, 
>> download Xastir - it will install in the virtual machine.
>>
>> Set it up to use AGWPE (yeah, download and install this first) on your 
>> windows machine. Use the IP address of the windows machine in order for 
>> Xastir to find AGWPE running on the windows O/S.
>>
>> Now you can have Windows and Linux running at the same time, on the same 
>> PC.  Since Linux is a virtual machine, it will not interfere with Windows. 
>>
>> You can have the best of both worlds, on one PC, at the same time.
>>     
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> After reading the thread that this article started, ...
Great work, Tom! Keep it up. I know  there are many that will appreciate 
your efforts.

Z