Difference between revisions of "VMware"

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= Advice, Tips, and Tricks =

==Creating your Virtual Machine==

==Virtual Machine Settings==

Some changes to the defaults (based on Manjaro KDE):

* Memory: Increase to 2GB

* Hard Disk: Increase based on your data needs

* CD/DVD: Point to ISO

* Display: Uncheck Accelerate 3D Graphics

==Guest Installation==

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The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source implementation of VMware Tools. They are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of the guest operating systems. They are installed '''within''' the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that they have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control.

~~==Guest Display==~~

* It will be necessary to activate the '''Enable 3D acceleration''' box in order to allow for some desktop effects (such as transparency) to be shown. This can be undertaken by going into the settings menu, and then selecting the '''Display''' section.

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 = Advice, Tips, and Tricks =
+==Creating your Virtual Machine==
+==Virtual Machine Settings==
+Some changes to the defaults (based on Manjaro KDE):
+* Memory: Increase to 2GB
+* Hard Disk: Increase based on your data needs
+* CD/DVD: Point to ISO
+* Display: Uncheck Accelerate 3D Graphics
 ==Guest Installation==
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 The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source implementation of VMware Tools. They are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of the guest operating systems. They are installed '''within''' the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that they have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control.
-==Guest Display==
-* It will be necessary to activate the '''Enable 3D acceleration''' box in order to allow for some desktop effects (such as transparency) to be shown. This can be undertaken by going into the settings menu, and then selecting the '''Display''' section.
 ==Cut and Paste==