06-16-2008
You're in trouble. The Pentium III runs virtualization software very slowly. VMware will run, but slow. Go download from vmware.com and see for yourself.
Personally, I would add another HDD and install Linux on it. You're wife may object, but, it is a very good solution. Install a lightweight GUI (XFCE, AfterStep, etc) and see it fly. Install something a little heavier, gain more functionality, but, at a major perfomance cost (GNOME and KDE are usable on a P3 700MHz, I'm doing it now.)
You have plenty of RAM to be able to run a GUI for Linux, or run Linux in a Virtual Machine. Your processor will run it either way, just slowly in VMware.
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VMWARE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual VMWARE(4)
NAME
vmware - VMware SVGA video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "vmware"
...
EndSection
DESCRIPTION
vmware is an Xorg driver for VMware virtual video cards.
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
The driver auto-detects the version of any virtual VMware SVGA adapter.
The following driver Options are supported:
Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: off.
Option "Xinerama" "boolean"
Disable or enable Xinerama support. Default: xinerama is enabled if the hardware supports it.
Option "StaticXinerama" "string"
Provide a static xinerama geometry that will be active at server startup and will not be overridden at runtime. The format is
"Width1xHeight1+Xoffset1+Yoffset1;Width2xHeight2+Xoffset2+Yoffset2" and so on. Negative offsets are not supported.
SEE ALSO
Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)
AUTHORS
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