>> Well, now that I have VMware, I thought I might do that, just for a 
>> giggle.
> 
> Why would you need VMware to run Blender?

Because using VMware, I can install whatever I want without having to 
fill out a form recording what I installed, the date I installed it, the 
exact product version, and the reason for installing it.

Because it's only a VM, I'm not "really" installing Blender, so I don't 
have to record it.

>> Clearly I'm going to have to sit down and do a whole crapload of 
>> reading before I can start doing anything interesting with Blender.
> 
> http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/
> http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/
> http://blenderunderground.com/video-tutorials/
> 
> The one with the mantis is also good, at least if you have sound.

I watched it, but without sound. I doubt I'd understand it even *with* 
sound. I need to first spend some time figuring out Blender's 
abstractions, basic UI conventions, workflow, etc. before I can even 
*think* about anything more complex than rendering an equilateral triangle.

> One thing you need to watch out for when going through Blender tutorials 
> is that they were mostly made with older versions of Blender. The 
> interface seems to change in peculiar ways even between minor version 
> bumps, so keyboard shortcuts and such are sometimes different from what 
> a tutorial claims.

Oh, that's nice. So, it's like living in a house where the architects 
constantly move stuff around? :-}

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