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 [...]

Tags: rdesktop, remote virtual machine, virtual machine server, virtual-machine, virtualbox
Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

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 [...]

Tags: virtual box, virtual-machine, virtualbox, virtualbox guest additions, windows 7
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Advanced, Windows, software, troubleshooting

As you can probably guess my machines are in a constant state of flux. Having to write about one distribution after another (and then include the scattered Windows content to cover) makes for an endless loop of installing/using, installing/using. On top of that it uses a lot of resources (especially CDs/DVDs).
Recently, however, I have adopted [...]

Tags: guest operating system, host operating system, virtual machines, virtualbox, VMs
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Operating Systems, Windows

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. [...]

Tags: Linux, linux software, virtual-machine, virtualbox, windwos xp
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

In my last article (Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes)  I walked you through the installation of the VirtualBox virtual machine tool. In this article I am going to show you how to actually install an operating system with this tool. You will be surprised at not only how simple the installation is, but [...]

Tags: Linux, virtual machines, virtualbox
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

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 [...]

Tags: Linux, virtual operating system, virtual os, virtual-machine, virtualbox
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

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.

Tags: free, guest-system, Linux, Open Source, virtual-machine, virtualbox, vmware, Windows
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems, Windows