Oracle VM VirtualBox is the most advanced free desktop-based virtualization utility and the most advanced open-source version virtualization software, too. It's not the best or easiest to use ...

After reading good things about Sun’s VirtualBox, I decided to download version 1.6.2 two weeks ago to run Ubuntu 8.04 as a virtual machine within Windows Vista. While it worked perfectly at first, ...

Virtualization is a buzzword that's been making its way around the corporate IT circles for a few years. On paper, virtualization sounds great—you can make full use of those unused CPU cycles, ...

To run Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine, you need a computer that supports virtualization, the latest version of VMware Workstation Player, a four-core processor, 4GB to 8GB of RAM, and at least ...

First of all, we need to form an external storage unit featuring an ExFAT filesystem. We prefer an ExFAT filesystem as it allows Virtual Machine hard disk files to function normally on any Operating ...

Two years ago, we visited the subject of free desktop virtualization hypervisors. At the time, the two preferred free solutions were Sun's xVM VirtualBox and and VMware Server 2.0. Things have changed ...

What a difference a year makes! When I first reviewed innotek’s VirtualBox, in version 1.3, I found a product with tremendous potential marred by some annoying stability and performance issues. Since ...

This how-to shows how to use free Ansible software to automate configuration of Cisco routers and links to other Ansible modules that apply to other vendors' gear and support other functionality ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source ...