03-31-2009
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VMware is/was expensive.
Wine has limitations - so for example you want to run a game like WOW in wine, you might have major issues.
What software do you need to run? Linux has almost anything there is except brand-name gaming and office productivity software like MS Office.
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VMWARE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual VMWARE(4)
NAME
vmware - VMware SVGA video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "vmware"
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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
Copyright (c) 1999-2007 VMware, Inc.
X Version 11 xf86-video-vmware 10.16.9 VMWARE(4)