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Run Free Virtual Machines On Your Desktop PC

Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 12:02 pm by Brady Wilson

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Sun has a free virtualization tool that allows you to run virtual machines right on your desktop PC.  It’s called VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org).  It is a great looking, easy to use and feature filled application.

 

Need a copy of Windows XP, or Linux, or even a server that you can install software to test, browse malware websites, or generally break without affecting Windows on your PC?  Want to learn about the latest version of Windows Server, vbox_logo2_gradient or some flavor of Linux?  Create a virtual machine, load the preferred operating system and you will have a second (or third or fourth) operating system available to use.

 

VirtualBox is equivalent to VMware Workstation and Microsoft VirtualPC.  However, VMware Workstation costs about $100 for a single license.  MS VirtualPC is less compatible with non-Windows operating systems.

 

BTW – don’t forget to shut down your virtual machines or they will continue to use your host system resources and you will wonder why your PC might be running slow.

 

Happy Virtual “Boxing”…

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    Sun has a free virtualization tool that allows you to run virtual machines right on your desktop PC.  It’s called VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org).  It is a great looking, easy to use and feature filled application.
     
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