Linux Additions

Mark Rae

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Mar 28, 2006, 4:43:23 AM3/28/06

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Hi,

At the end of last year, there was talk amongst the great and the good that
Additions for Linux were "a few months off"...
http://www.mcse.ms/archive235-2005-12-2032754.html

As we're now nearly in April, does anyone know how much longer they will
be...?

Thanks,

Mark

Lorenzo Barbieri [MVP]

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Mar 28, 2006, 10:57:58 AM3/28/06

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Nothing was announced yet...
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ess...@community.nospam

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Mar 28, 2006, 3:15:01 PM3/28/06

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IIRC, the development of the Additions was tasked to makers of each Linux
distro, I don't think MS is actually developing Linux Additions.

Mark Rae

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Mar 28, 2006, 5:08:49 PM3/28/06

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"Lorenzo Barbieri [MVP]" <lorenzo....@REMOVEliberoNOSPAM.it> wrote in
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> Nothing was announced yet...

I know that - that's why I asked the question...

Mark Rae

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Mar 28, 2006, 5:08:17 PM3/28/06

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> IIRC, the development of the Additions was tasked to makers of each Linux
> distro, I don't think MS is actually developing Linux Additions.

I don't much care who makes 'em... I'd just like 'em... :-)

Ben Armstrong [MSFT]

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Mar 28, 2006, 11:23:06 PM3/28/06

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Which means no one here can talk about it.
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Mark Rae

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Apr 4, 2006, 1:51:30 PM4/4/06

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"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <ben...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Which means no one here can talk about it.

Can you talk about it now...?
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/04/03/566273.aspx

The blog mentions that it's possible to install these additions under
Virtual PC - has anyone tried, either officially or unofficially...? ;-)

Ben Armstrong [MSFT]

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Apr 4, 2006, 2:53:12 PM4/4/06

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I have tried - and it seems to work - however it is not supported.

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Mark Rae

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Apr 4, 2006, 3:52:24 PM4/4/06

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"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <ben...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have tried - and it seems to work -

Fab! Presumably, there is only one set of Additions for both Virtual PC and
Virtual Server? I.e. if I download this new release, will it be used by any
virtual machine I subsequently build in either product...?

>however it is not supported.

Don't worry - I won't sue if it doesn't work... ;-)

Ben Armstrong [MSFT]

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Apr 4, 2006, 4:32:28 PM4/4/06

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Correct.

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joc

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Apr 25, 2006, 3:50:02 PM4/25/06

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Will the Linus additions work on the virtual 2004 pc's I already have
running? Or do I have to re-install everything?

Ben Armstrong [MSFT]

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Apr 25, 2006, 4:38:27 PM4/25/06

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Should do - but this is all unsupported.

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