How to Set Up and Use A Virtual Machine for Free – VirtualBox


quesomanrulz.com – Hey Everyone, Quesomanrulz here with another quality tutorial. This tutorial is a basic introduction on the use of Virtual Machines. Virtual Machines or VMs are very useful tools, especially when you don’t feel like rebooting or you need to use multiple operating systems to achieve a task. In this tutorial I show you how to download and use Sun Microsystem’s VirtualBox software. VirtualBox is the best free VM software available. The best VM software is VMware but that is about $200. Thank You for watching this video tutorial. Below are the links to VirtualBox as well as some links to the downloading of several OS images you might want to try on your virtual machines. VirtualBox Download – http Ubuntu Linux ISO Download – www.ubuntu.com Fedora Linux ISO Download – fedoraproject.org *For more on Fedora Visit www.quesomanrulz.com Other Linux Downloads – www.linux.org Windows 7 RC – www.microsoft.com youtube.com – Excellent vlog and tech info videos

Howto Install Vmware Player 3 on Ubuntu 9.10


Vmware player free virtualisation software from VMware. Vmware player 3.0 no longer restricted to just powering on and running a pre-built virtual machine; it has the ability to create virtual machines like its big brother, Workstation. While it may not pack the same punch as VMware Workstation, it has graduated to a new level of usefulness. In addition to being able to create new virtual machines, Player 3.0 also lets users edit the virtual machine settings, supports Microsoft Windows 7 as a guest and host platform, and provides a new virtual machine library interface. Other new features found in VMware Player 3.0 include: * Aero support for Windows 7 and Windows Vista guests * OpenGL support for Windows guests * Automatic download and installation of the latest VMware Tools package * Multiple monitor support * Print from your VM without installing printer drivers, thanks to a deal with ThinPrint * ALSA Sound support on Linux hosts * Added VIX API support so that developers write applications that can interact with their VMs 1. To Install Vmware player 3.0 download it from downloads.vmware.com 2. Navigate to where the .bundle VMWare file is, then type this in: musa@lanx1~$ sudo sh VMware-Player-3.0.0-203739.i386.bundle And that’s it! Enjoy your VMWare Player installation!