for TS8.3 I can't say, TS8.1 worked very well with win2k - which was the
last version I used - I now only keep TS2000i for my backtesting needs.
xorg.conf - no problem I have a lot of examples for 3,4 and 6 monitor
configuration
there are no issues with the mouse the normally could expand all VMs
thru all monitors on Vmware and
Virtualbox.
If you need a xorg.conf just mail to rabolu@xxxxxx
Bye
Ralf
Abhijit Dey schrieb:
> Ralf, Very helpful post. Few questions:
> 1. TS isn't listing win2k as a supported OS for their builds. But you
are running TS 8.3 on win2000 vm without problems? Just want to confirm
> 2. You are running Ubuntu on 6 monitors - nice (I might request you
for a copy of your xorg.conf if I go that route). The guest OS, win2k -
can that take up say 4 monitors? Any issues with mouse etc?
>
> Thanks,
> Abhijit
>
>
> On 4/26/2008 2:05 PM, rabolu@xxxxxx wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use it on my Trading PC , cause I'm frustrated to shut down a
working system and next day nothing works...
>> my personal feeling is that the best thing to keep a MS system alive
is to install nothing.
>> The next point is the more and more strict activation policy of MS -
Hey I bought several licenses - give MS my hard earned money - and I
hate to take a phone call to MS cause I changend a Harddisk or something
else on my PC. And the rest I can say with one word: VISTA - the minimum
hardware requirements drive me crazy... I need a OS with works stable
nothing more but when a OS needs more Hardware than the software I use
there is something wrong - With Vista on it my Laptop would be unusable
>>
>> So I step for step turned my used software to Open-Source which also
works under Linux
>>
>> from IE to Firefox
>> from Outlook to Thunderbird
>> from MSOffice to OpenOffice... and so on - then I switched to Ubuntu
last year
>>
>> Today I can do all of my daily needs under Linux - and trust me -
the installation of a Linux system for
>> multimonitor use is a little bit tricky - sure - but after it works
(6 Monitors) - I have no problems at
>> all and it runs without any glitch..
>>
>> Yesterday I setup the new Ubuntu 8.04 on my Laptop - 4 hours and all
Software is personal adapted and working - for me as an long time
MS-update-approved user - really amazing - the system didn't slow down
in speed -
>> my last XP setup - I can't remember the days...
>>
>> So for Software I can't use under Linux (TS2000i and some days ago
TS8) - I use VMs - and thats really great -
>> use the best of all worlds at the same time..
>>
>> I made several VMs
>> - 1 VM - I use as Master - Win2000 installed with security software
- then I copy this VM and made
>> - 1 VM for Trading - I install no other software on it
>> - 1 VM for Testing software
>>
>> Win2000Pro is best the best choice if you take your VMs between
different PCs no activation problem...
>>
>> I made regualary backups of my VMs - if a problem appear - I only
switch to the backup and didn't
>> have to stop working any more...
>>
>> Bye
>>
>> Ralf
>>
>> Jimmy Snowden schrieb:
>> > Do you use the VMware Workstation 6 with a server computer or just on
>> > your trading computer? Why did you go to this configuration?
>> >
>> > Any information appreciated,
>> >
>> > Jimmy
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > yes, I used TS8 with VMware Workstation 6 and Sun Virtualbox with
WinXP
>> > Pro as guest OS and Ubuntu 7.10 as Host - works without any Problem.
>> > Yesterday I switched to Ubuntu 8.04 host without problem.
>> >
>> > But yet I would prefer Suns VirtualBox over VMware Workstation -
cause I
>> > feel it works much faster with WinXP
>> >
>> > Two Things are importend:
>> >
>> > 1. Memory 1GB or greater, so the host and guest has enough memory
for work
>> > 2. If you create a virtual Harddisk remember that it's not easy to
>> > expand the virtual size later
>> > ( I work with 50GB virtual Harddisks - so I have enough space for
>> > later installations - don't worry
>> > about the size - virtualdisks only takes the place it really
needs
>> > - at the moment my biggest
>> > VM takes about 15 GB fom the Harddisk )
>> > >
>>
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