For those who might want to run Linux within their Windows machine, have a look and register here for free:
http://register.vmware.com/content/registration.htmlIt's not the same as the Workstation edition, you can't directly share part of your hard drive with Windows, but as long as you have a network, an SMB share will do just as well.
You can still make a VM image by copying the relevant files when the VM is not running, but it's not as managed as with the Workstation edition.
Since the Linux filesystem lives in a Windows file, back it up occasionally !!
I didn't install any of the administration components.
Am currently using this with the CentOS distribution, but can't see why it wouldn't work with any of the other favourites.
You can install Linux direct from an ISO image file.
Don't forget to install VMware Tools as well, to give you handover of mouse pointer between Win and Lin windows, and copy/paste functionality.
Have fun! Any non-RTFM problems, post here, might have solved it. Clock seems to run fast at the moment ... must be a config setting somewhere ....
