If you or your course previously required VMware products OR will require "Non-major Attu" access, please see email on changes to VM program.įour steps: get the software and install it, get the VM and unpack it, start up the VM, and personalize it. The CS Lab now also offers new options for "Non-majors Attu" access in certain courses. **Please note:** There have been recent and significant changes to the VMware Academic Software Licensing Program (VMAP). This document assumes you will use VMware Workstation (for Windows) or VMware Fusion (for Macintosh), both of which are free of charge to students enrolled in CSE courses that require the software. Virtual machines run inside some other program, which runs on the host computer (your laptop or desktop). the 'attus') on campus, with a few exceptions for licensing reasons. The "Linux Home VM" we prepare runs the same underlying operating system - Rocky Linux 9, as of Autumn Quarter 2022 - and nearly the same software packages as are installed on our instructional Linux hosts (ie. A virtual machine affords you the option for working on these projects on your own device, anywhere in the world. The virtual machine can run a completely different operating system than its host - for example, you could run a Linux or a Windows 10 virtual machine on your Macintosh laptop, or a Linux virtual machine on your Windows machine.Ī number of our courses have programming projects that require the use of a Linux host to complete.
Virtual machines - see - are emulated computer instances running inside a special program you install on your desktop or laptop computer. What’s a "Linux Home VM" and why do I want it? This document explains how this works, and what you need to do in order to use this software. The CSE Lab prepares a virtual machine image - a "home VM" - that approximates the computing experience of an instructional Linux box at school that you can run on your desktop or laptop wherever you are.
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