[Quantian-general] vmtools and vmplayer

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Hi Simon,

On 18 July 2006 at 10:57, Simon Blomberg wrote:
| Hi everyone,
| 
| I used the following link as a hint to installing VMtools inside my
| guest Quantian setup. VMtools supposedly provides some performance
| enhancements, but the most useful thing that I have noticed is that it
| synchronises the Quantian clock with the host clock. VMtools is only
| available as part of VMworkstation, but apparently there are no
| copyright issues with using it with VMplayer.
| 
| http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Installing_VMware_Tools_with_VMware_Player.html

I glanced at that page but found it to be terse. What exactly do the the
VMtools offer?

Regards, Dirk

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