VirtualBox is an incredibly useful tool. You can run different OSes for testing purposes, you can set up servers on machine that wouldn’t normal act as servers, the sky seems to be the limit. And VirtualBox is an easy tool to use.
One of the really cool aspects of VirtualBox is that it can also work [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Aug 28th, 2009
- Comments: 5
Connect to a remote virtual machine with rdesktop
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jul 29th, 2009
- Comments: 6
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows 7
You may have read my series on VirtualBox virtual machine manager. If not, here it is:
Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes.
Installing Windows XP as a virtual machine in VirtualBox.
Install Guest Additions for a better VirtualBox experience.
A new way of thinking thanks to virtual machines.
Although the Guest Additions tool has been covered already, if you’ve [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 17th, 2009
- Comments: 5
Install Guest Additions for a better VirtualBox experience
In my last two articles (Installing Windows XP as a Virtual Machine on VirtualBoxx and Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes) you saw how easy it was to install VirtualBox and then install Windows XP as a virtual machine. The implications of this software are only as limited as the imagination of the user. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 14th, 2009
- Comments: 15
Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes
The world of virtual OSes continues to grow and grow. If you never experienced a virtual OS you should know they are outstanding tools that will help you with many tasks. You can test various environments, you can run software you couldn’t run before (i.e. games), you can run less stable OSes within more stable [...]
Installing An Operating System With Virtual PC 2007
Several free applications exist to install operating systems on so called virtual machines. This method provides a few benefits, for example the option to reset it whenever it is needed. It provides a great way of accessing operating systems either to test them or to run applications which would not run on the default operating [...]
VirtualBox a Vmware alternative
You all know that you can run virtual operating systems using vmware. VirtualBox is a free open source alternative to vmware which currently runs on 32-bit versions of Windows and Linux and supports the following guest systems: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux 2.4 / 2.6, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.
