I’ve written quite a bit on this blog regarding Virtualization in the past. I think I’ve covered VirtualBox as well as VMware. If you haven’t noticed, I prefer the former. Free Software vs non-free is a big win, plus the performance gain that I’ve seen in VirtualBox has been great. For testing other distributions and… Read More »
I’ve found more and more people are switching to Virtualbox these days and I keep running into the same question. “How can I convert my VMware images to Virtualbox images?” Well, breath easy because it is possible and not very difficult! There are two methods that I am aware of that will allow you to… Read More »
If you’ve ever played with Virtualization products you’ve very likely tried out VMware Server. With its good support of hardware and software platforms, plus the fact that it is a free download from the VMware website, it is a very commonly used application. What if you’ve decided to move on to other Virtualization products, such… Read More »
UPDATE: These instructions should work for VMware Server 1.0.8 an the 2.6.27-8 kernel as well. Based on a request in the Ubuntu Tutorials Forum I spent some time this morning researching VMware Server on the new Ubuntu 8.10 release. Google was quickly helpful, and I was able to get VMware Server 1.0.7 running on a… Read More »
You’ve been seeing a lot of virtualization specific posts recently here at Ubuntu Tutorials. I’ve been tinkering with a number of virtualization options, namely VMware Server, Virtualbox and now KVM with Virt-Manager. I’m not going to go into comparing the three in this post, but I will say that KVM is the only solution that… Read More »
Installing VMware Tools on virtualized guests gives you a much more enjoyable experience within your virtual environment. Screen resolution, mouse behaviour, etc will be improved for your virtual sessions after installing these additional tools. Installing these tools within Ubuntu 8.04 virtualized guests is fairly simple, just follow along below. Installing VMware Tools The first requirement,… Read More »
UPDATE: This tutorial has been updated for VMware Server 1.0.6. See the updated instructions here, at How To Install VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.04. Now that most of the modern world has upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 I’ve begun to see comments regarding VMware Server no longer working. You may have used my previous article,… Read More »
UPDATE: This post has been updated for VMware Server 1.0.5 on Ubuntu 8.04. If you are running Ubuntu 8.04 you’ll need to follow those instructions. My previous tutorial on installing VMware Server on Ubuntu 7.10 has been wildly successful but I also realize now that it has become a bit out of date. This tutorial… Read More »
UPDATE: This tutorial has been updated to half as many steps. Please use the updated tutorial available: Installing VMware Server on Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” : Updated. UPDATE: For those running VMware Server 1.0.3 there is an updated version available. As I mentioned a few posts ago (How to Install VMware Server on Ubuntu 7.04)… Read More »