On 1/25/2011 12:18 PM, Always Learning wrote:
An alternative I've used is to install VMware Workstation on top of Windows and install Linux into a VM. Running fullscreen the practical difference is nil. Then you by and large get the laptop hardware support gratis from the windows layer including things like wireless and video drivers drivers.
I'll keep that as a back-up option.
I've forgotten how I did it now (and searching for a current reference would be better anyway) but my laptop has a bootable ubuntu partition (because Centos didn't see the wireless card) that I can also run under vmware player without rebooting. And I also have a Centos VM in an image file. The VMs use NAT networking and piggyback on whatever connect the host has.
I think I installed vmware server to configure things, then removed it and installed player, but that might not be necessary with the current version of player.
I don't think you can match windows sleep mode on Centos - not sure about current Ubuntu. I normally just close the lid with applications open, and when I open it again it wakes up in seconds and adapts to the current network connection.