KDE 3.5.4 VMware Image Available

A VMware Player image of KDE 3.5.4 with KOffice 1.5.2 running on SUSE Linux 10.1 is now available. The image is fully functional and can be upgraded and tweaked as needed. The VMware Player necessary to run it can be downloaded for free and is available for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

Comments

by Ali3n (not verified)

Why not use Qemu images?
VMware is not free software, but qemu is.

by Tux (not verified)

because standard qemu is slow, the accelerator kqemu is non-free, and qvm86 isn't fully functional yet

by Marc Collin (not verified)

can't build it with gcc4

by ziggy (not verified)

Vmware player is free. So is what used to be called GSX...

May not be OSS, but its free to use.

by anonymous (not verified)

According to qemu changelog, it supports VmWare images starting with version 0.6.1.

by Giacomo (not verified)

I might be wrong, but between Workstation 4 and 5.5 VMWare changed the format.

by Thony Johansson (not verified)

VMware Server is free.
I am using it on a windows xp mashine since the first beta of VMware Server.
You can download it here http://www.vmware.com/download/server/

by andrew (not verified)

> VMware Server is free.

but not Free Software. that's what the parent meant (and wrote, modulo caps).

by Rick Lossner (not verified)

Actually .. VMWare Server is free now, as is VMWare player....

by Digital Vampire (not verified)

There are several reasons to use or not to use both either Qemu or VMware. It is mainly just preference. Personally, I prefer QEMU. It is a little harder to set up, but once it is, the fact that I can just click on a Linux/Windows/Mac/BSD icon on my desktop and a fully functional OS pop up in a dedicated window is nice, but, again, mainly preference. Also, I would recommend the May 2006 issue of Linux Journal to those who want a more in depth look at each. It also covers Xen and User-Mode Linux.

by winter (not verified)

Thanks for the info on linux journal. It was a good read!

by Richard (not verified)

I downloaded and ran it. Looks good, but superkaramba has a problem with
the liquid wheather theme. I can provide the backtrace if that is useful.
I have the same configuration at home and there superkaramaba/liquid
wheather is working fine. So, at 1st glance it looks a problem with the
vmware image.

by Anonymous (not verified)

Liquid Weather v13.0 RC2 runs just fine for me with that image.

by jcwinnie (not verified)

Thank-you for making this available. I am pleased to have KDE 3.5.4 on SUSE Linux 10.1 running on my Microsoft Windows XP machine using VMPlayer. It was good to try something other than Fedora which I have on my Linux machine. YAST is pretty spiffy. Thanks, again.

by Achim (not verified)

I run the image in VMware Workstation 5.5.1.
- In Yast2 it is not possible to change the keyboard layout. The module does not start. No messages.
- It is not possible to start Sax2 (in order to change the layout there). No messages.
- If I go back to runlevel 3 (Init 3), it is not possible to log in:
# user: root
# password: toor
# error in service module

Any ideas or suggestions?

by Coen (not verified)

Hi,

I have the same problems with this image.. Does any one know whether there are other forums where this problem can be discussed?

Thanks in advance

by Anonymous (not verified)

"sux" in a terminal under KDE and run "sax2 -r"

by Anonymous (not verified)

> # error in service module

"su" in a terminal under KDE and run "touch /var/log/lastlog"

by Tom (not verified)

thanks it works well

The already installed installation sources seem to be false, but I cannot correct them. Online update shows items to be updated, but on start online update crashes an disappears

by Rodrigo Fernandes (not verified)

I seem to be unable to find/add the correct update repositories. The mirror included in yast contains older software than what is installed. I've read documentation but every mirror I add has the same problem. Any ideias ?