Monday, October 6, 2008

09/19/08

[11:10:42] glibc (a common free and open-source software component) is the C standard library released by the GNU Project. [11:11:30] The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a set of compilers produced for various programming languages by the GNU project. The GCC is a key component of the GNU toolchain and is the official compiler of the GNU system. It is the standard compiler for most modern Unix-like computer operating systems. GCC is also available for most embedded platforms including the Playstation and Sega Dreamcast.


[11:26:24] VMware Player is a free virtualization software package that allows the user to run guest virtual machines(VMs). Freeware tools and websites are used for creating VMs and mounting, manipulating, and converting VMware disks & floppies, allowing the user to create, run, & maintain virtual machines. VMware also sells (non-free) tools for manipulating and hosting (running and maintaining) virtual machines.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

VirtualBox is another very good virtualizer. The open source version of that has substantially more features than the free version of VMWare