July 24th, 2011 by Eric Fleming | File in: Reviews, Virtualization
If you’ve used Linux for any length of time, odds are pretty good that you’ve at least tried out some type of emulation software, such as VirtualBox. VirtualBox allows you to create virtual “computers” on your hard drive, which can be used to try out new operating systems, audition potentially dangerous program, and more. A [...]
March 18th, 2011 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips, Virtualization
One of the more popular virtualization options for Linux users is VirtualBox, from Oracle. VirtualBox makes it possible to run other operating systems inside Linux. You can install Windows, other Linux distributions, and even Mac OS X (if your hardware supports it), among others. Prior to VirtualBox 4, there were two editions available. The open [...]
June 27th, 2010 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Virtualization
If you want to use any of the shortcut keystrokes in VirtualBox, you must use the Host key in combination with another key. By default, the Host key is the Right Ctrl key on the keyboard. There may be some keyboards, like laptop keyboards, that do not have a Right Ctrl key. If you are [...]
June 26th, 2010 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Virtualization
When you run a virtual machine in VirtualBox, there is always a frame around the virtual machine’s desktop with a menu bar at the top and a status bar at the bottom. The menu bar and status bar prevent you from running at the maximum resolution (unless you use seamless mode). If you are using [...]
December 30th, 2009 by Aseem | File in: Virtualization
VirtualBox is a great virtualization software from Sun Microsystems. I’ve previously written many articles on how to create a virtual machine in VirtualBox and how to install Windows 7 using VirtualBox. If you’ve had any experience with virtualization software, you’ve probably also heard of VMWare and Virtual PC. I’ve previously used Virtual PC from Microsoft [...]
May 7th, 2009 by Aseem | File in: Virtualization
In this post, I will go through the steps to install Windows 7 as a guest OS in VirtualBox. Previously, I wrote about how to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox, so check that out if you’re a Linux person. What I like about VirtualBox is that they already support Windows 7! You have to download the [...]
April 23rd, 2009 by Aseem | File in: Virtualization
The Citrix Xen Server is a free enterprise-class server virtualization solution that is a direct competitor to VMware ESXi. Both are free and it’s actually quite hard to tell which one is better. Some people swear by VMware because of longer experience with virtualization technology while others say that Citrix has a better product. I’m [...]
July 18th, 2008 by Aseem | File in: Virtualization
Fixing the screen resolution in Ubuntu when running in Microsoft Virtual PC is quite a task, but I did a small research and I found some ways around it. Here is the fix, with a little help from my friends of course. Once you logon to Ubuntu GUI, go to Application, Accessories, Text Editor: And [...]
July 15th, 2008 by Aseem | File in: Virtualization
If you have installed Ubuntu in Microsoft Virtual PC probably you have noticed that the audio in Ubuntu is not working. We need to modify a line of code to make it work. Read about our previous posts from the links below. Error when booting Ubuntu in Virtual PC the first time Installing Ubuntu 8.04 [...]
July 14th, 2008 by Aseem | File in: Virtualization
In the last post, we went through the Installation of Ubuntu 8.04 on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, and after a few kinks we were able to install Ubuntu successfully. But after booting Ubuntu the first time I got the dreaded error: An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered. The virtual machine will reset now. [...]
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