On Sunday 22 November 2009 18:42:10 Joachim Schrod wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
I had to fight this horrible interface for a longtime before getting a working console, which is a browser pop-up window. Is there no way to start a standalone, dedicated, console, not part of a browser? Like in version 1.x? This is really horrible. Who got this idea, wasn't he fired instantly? :-/
There is no standalone console in Server 2, and probably never will be one. This change was met with a big uproar in VMware forums, but the VMware folks kept defending their decision. Their line of reasoning is along (1) it brings Server 2 inline with ESX and other server products, (2) this is a server and one doesn't need the console often anyhow, (3) if one wants a workstation product, one shall use VMware Workstation or Player and not Server 2.
The argument is not consistent, though; since there are VI clients for Windows, just not for Linux. What I see is that VMware doesn't see a big market in Linux endpoints for their corporate products, they assume Windows there.
Many Server 1 users don't think so, me included. Time will show if users start to vote with their feet and move to other Linux virtualization products.
And very slow... i have to wait minutes for actions!
I haven't used Server 2 with the 11.2 patches, only with 11.1. There it was not slower, just more inconvenient cf. console usage.
Joachim
I have used VMware server only on OS 11.1. Extremely slow, making the entire PC almost useless. Now I am using qemu which is much faster and flexible. It has also the ability to boot VM installed by VMware. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org