Anybody virtualizing topo maps??

[Shannon McMackin]

Beartooth wrote:
> 
>      Any word etymologically related to 'virtualize' is one 
> more thing I haven't gotten around to looking at yet. I remember 
> once, quite a while back, I had a quick look at VMware, thinking 
> about ways to get my proprietary map software to talk to my GPSs 
> under linux; but something about it turned me off.
> 
>      Installing & running GPS software under Wine/CXO has 
> gotten way better in the last couple years, but I still can't do 
> the crucial last step, so that I can transfer data back and 
> forth.
> 
>      So I asked on Gmane's winelist if anyone else had. No 
> claims, though I waited for them; but somebody there says he does 
> it with ease using VMware.
> 
>      OK, so back to that -- wherever it is : here google, here 
> google ... And the first I look at, dated last month, is
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/04/ibm_linux_lotus_virtual_desktop/
> 
>      Am I reading this right?? They seem to be saying that IBM 
> now has something called VERDE, true free software, that does 
> VMware's job better than VMware. Pure puffery by marketing 
> droids? Or is there something to it? Has anybody had any 
> experience with it yet??
> 
> 	If so, are there tricks a/o gotchas to using it with F10??
> 
> 
Unfortunately, that won't buy you anything.  It's a virtual client 
solution for businesses that want to get away from running full-blown 
desktop PCs in an office.

VMware or VirtualBox are probably your best bets for running WinXP to 
install you GPS software.

I don't think wine/CXO have the ability to interface at the device level 
with USB devices.  The other 2 products do, but they require a WinXP 
license and install code.