The system virtualization software MokaFive Player has been installed on a test system quite some time know and I finally found the spare time to test it extensively. The virtualization software allows users to create and run so called LivePCs on their computer desktop. A Live PC is a virtual computing environment that makes use [...]
Ghacks Christmas Giveaway: Returnil Premium
Today is the 20th day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. We have handed out an incredible amount of software licenses already and will continue to do so until December 24. Up for grabs is Returnil Premium today which is available to anyone. Yes, that is right, no lottery today. If you want it you get [...]
Software Virtualization With SafeSpace
Software virtualization is a clever security concept that puts certain applications and files in something that can be described as a virtual room where they cannot harm the underlying system. The benefits of this method are huge but unfortunately though not many users are using software virtualization solutions.
One small example. Downloading an infected file with [...]
Ulteo Virtual Desktop
I have watched the steps of Mandrake-Founder Gaël Duval since he (was forced to) quit the company, not because I was such a big fan of Mandrake (or Linux in general ^^) at all, but because of the announcements and plans he made for his new company, Ulteo. At that time I was investigating so-called [...]
Free Returnil Virtual System Premium Edition
Tobey send me an email just a few minutes ago telling me about an interesting free offer at the Giveaway of the Day website. The website is offering a free download of a commercial software each day and you can sometimes get great applications for free this way. Today’s offer is Returnil Virtual System Premium [...]
Linux in Windows .. Again
It seems that articles that cover running linux in windows are becoming more and more popular. I wrote one a few days ago (with vmwareplayer) and would like to introduce another method of achieving this.
Like the last time linux will be embedded inside windows which has some advantages but also some disadvantages. Many people don´t like the idea of installing a second operating system, messing with their partitions and bootconfig and probably having to setup their first os again because of errors they made. A linux run in windows does not have this difficulties, its simply load and run like all other windows programs.
Run other Oses on your pc
There are occasions where you probably want to run a different os without really installing it. If you are running windows you probably would like to refresh your linux skills but dislike the idea of installing it on one of your partitions. The guys at wolphination explain an easy way to run on os inside your real os.
