Free vmware fusion 2 software for linux

Linux Fusion installs the fusion module to your kernel.
Fusion is a high level IPC API providing mechanisms for master/slave environments.
In client/server environments clients delegate every operation to the server which has sole access to shared resources.
The master/slave approach eliminates this overhead by virtually merging the processes at the lower level of their implementation.
This way of making multiple processes look like multiple threads gave Fusion its name.
Main features:
- Command encoding and decoding
- Transport of command packets
- Transport of data referenced by commands
- Context switches between client and server processes
- Strict seperation of client and server implementation
- Shared memory for data normally held solely by the server
- High level messaging for virtually local event handlers and callbacks
- Advanced locking techniques for synchronization and access control
- Framework for distributed allocation and cleanup of resources

SlaBuntuVMware is a useful installation suite for installing VMware Server on Slackware or Ubuntu.

The project automatically downloads packages from the VMware site.

Tested on Slackware 11. (Slackware 10.2 might not work - try)
Tested on Ubuntu Desktop Dapper Drake and Ubuntu Desktop Edgy.

IMPORTANT: this suite does not include the vmware server packs,
they are downloaded from the official VMware site.
You also need a server key for activating the product that you must
get (for free) from the VMware web-site (http://www.vmware.com/server/)

INSTALLATION (Slackware Linux) :

a) 1- The perfect setup for running vmware on Slackware is:
Slackware 11 (When you install the OS leave a big partion for your
virtual machines).

Using a good server with an hardware raid controller:

Suggested Partition Table (scsi disks, if ide hda):
/dev/sda1 swap (megs?gb? depends on your system)
/dev/sda2 / 10Gb
/dev/sda3 /home 2Gb
/dev/sda4 /vm (160 Gb the rest for your virtual machines)

You must do a normal install with X support but no KDE.


2- Dropline Gnome (http://www.droplinegnome.net)
It is suggested you run gnome on Slackware 11. Gnome is not
included in the distro cds, therefore you must download
Dropline Gnome.

3- Kernel 2.6.x (with the kernel sources into /usr/src/linux)
(Default Kernel 2.4.33.3 works perfectly though)

CAUTION: take a look on www.vmware.com for the
supported kernel 2.6 versions.

OR

- If you have problems building 2.6.x vmware kernel module, just use
the normal 2.4.33.3 kernel supplied with your slackware, or try the test26.s
or huge26.s supplied with your slackware cds.

b) - The base setup for running vmware on Slackware is:
1- Slackware 11
2- Kde(not tested can have problems with some libraries)
(if you do not want to Download and install Dropline Gnome)
3- Kernel 2.4.33 (with the kernel sources into /usr/src/linux)

Using a normal pc with no raid controller (so you should use linux
raid software):

Suggested Partition Table (scsi disks, if ide hda):
/dev/md1 swap (megs?gb? depends on your system)
/dev/md2 / 10Gb
/dev/md3 /home 2Gb
/dev/md4 /vm (100 Gb? the rest for your virtual machines)

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If you do not want to use Gnome or Kde go at the end of this file.
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2) After making sure you have everything (including the kernel sources
inside /usr/src/linux) you can run:

3) as root ./setup.sh

4) follow the steps provided
(you can hit ENTER to most of the questions (90%)

4) provide the vmware free key when needed
(ask for it on the site http://www.vmware.com)

6) under an X session: Run the command "vmware" and Enjoy vmware!

INSTALLATION (Ubuntu Desktop, Alternate,NOT Server):

1) edit /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment all the lines starting with deb

2) open a terminal (xterm) and type "sudo ./setup.sh"

3) follow the steps provided
(you can hit ENTER to most of the questions (90%)

4) provide the vmware free key when needed
(ask for it on the site http://www.vmware.com)

5) Run the command "vmware" and Enjoy vmware!

INSTALLATION ON UBUNTU SERVER

- Not tried yet, but you should at first download and install X11 and gnome
and then follow the steps provided for Ubuntu Desktop above.

IMPORTANT INFO:

- Remember that vmware server packs are downloaded from the official vmware
site and are property of the VMware Company: http://www.vmware.com/

- Remember that in order to use VMware you should accept the terms of the
VMware license that will be displayed during the installation process.

- Remember that in order to installa VMware you should ask the VMware
fellows for a key. Do this at the VMware site: http://www.vmware.com/

- To create virtual machines you should use the vmware console.
a) Run the command "vmware" and the vmware console starts up.
b) Then connect to localhost.

- After created a virtual machine to run it from the cmd line use:
bash# vmware-cmd vmname.vmx start

Author: Lorenzo Allori

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If you do not have Gnome or Kde youll need the following:

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- Slack with glibc and glibcsolibs installed. Make sure you
have X11 installed with a window manager.

Packages needed are:
glibc-2.3.6-i486-6.tgz
glibc-solibs-2.3.6-i486-6.tgz
kernel-source-2.4.33.3-noarch-1.tgz
x11-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz
x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz
windowmaker-0.92.0-i486-1.tgz

You can find those on http://www.slackware.com.

Download them and to install those just type (as root):

# installpkg pkgname

When you have finished installing all the packages you need remember to run:

# ldconfig

- If you need a window manager you can install windowmaker:

# installpkg windowmaker-0.92-i486.tgz
# wmaker.inst

PHP-Fusion is a light-weight open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP.
PHP-Fusion utilises a mySQL database to store your site content and includes a simple, comprehensive adminstration system.
PHP-Fusion includes the most common features you would expect to see in many other CMS packages.
Enhancements:
- Added new security layer to admin panel to prevent outside linking.
- Improved forum attachment upload routines for enhanced security.
- Completed partial rewrite of DB Backup admin panel. Admin must specify their password before backup/restore will process.
- Removed DB Backup Folder option from Misc Settings admin.
- Added $locale array initialisation code to prevent conflict with cookie vars.
- Introduced flood control to shoutbox and forums.
- Created new flood_control database table.
- Added flood_interval field to settings database table.
- Added Flood interval option to Misc Settings admin.
- Added mysql query to footer to remove flood_control rows.
- Added Make this News item sticky option to news admin, allows one news item to remain the top most news item.
- Updated frontend news.php to support sticky news feature.
- Added news_sticky field to news database table.
- Added flood control to comments.
- Added Submit Photo feature.
- Complete Photo Gallery rewrite (uses new database and storage structure).
- Features:
- Albums stored in separate folders (if safe_mode is off)
- GIF, JPG, JPEG and PNG file support
- Album access for user type or group
- Thumbnails created without ugly borders
- Ratings & comments for each photo
- Full image downscaled if bigger than specified photo size with link to original image.
- bbcode support in album and photo description.
- Completely rewrote forum attachment upload/download handling.
- Key forum functions added to new forum_functions_include.php include file.
- Added New Posts feature to Latest Active Forum Threads Panel.
- Added Thread email notification option to forum.
- Improved administration settings panels navigation.
- Numerous mysql optimisations for reduced load times.
- Partially rewritten forum for all round server load reduction.
- Updated TinyMCE to version 2.0.6.1.
- Introduced TinyMCE compressor reducing load times by up to 75%.
- New more secure private messages system.

multisend project uses multicast to send files to multiple machines at the same time.
I wrote it for syncying VMware images out to a bunch of lab machines; 8gb * 15 takes awhile with http or scp. It listens on the local machine and uses ssh to start the receiving end, which connects back for the tcp stream.
Its pretty functional; the default mode takes a source and dest, so its like scp with a bunch of targets. Or you can use it in sync mode (-S), which sends files to the same location as on the local machine. Very handy for setting up one lab machine, then syncing all the relavent files out to the rest of the lab with a single command.
It sends md5sums and doesnt overwrite anything until the transfers been verified, so itll never corrupt data. It also falls back to tcp if for some reason multicast isnt working.
It could use a little more polish, but mostly it needs some real documentation; I havent worked on it awhile, and Im the only person who really uses it. At some point Ill include some example scripts that make it easy to use.
Usage: multisend [OPTION] localfile remotefile
or: multisend [OPTION] localfile remotedir
Copies local file to remote file, or multiple files to remote directory
-t < timeout > specify a timeout for clients to connect, in seconds
-n < nclients > wait for a specific number of clients to connect before transferring
-r < rate > rate to transfer at, in kb, mb or gb per second
-S, --sync sync mode
-s, --script file to execute to connect to clients
-g, --group multicast group to use
-a, --archive same as -dpR
-p preserve ownership, permissions, timestamps
-R, --recursive copy directories recursively
-x stay on this file system
-v, --verbose give more info
You must specify either -t or -n
You should also specify a rate as well; otherwise most packets will be dropped
Enhancements:
- The code is functional and has been tested, but could use more polish.
- There may be latent bugs, but it will not corrupt data.