Virtualize on Your Desktop With Virtual Box

So often, I could be working on any number of machines. Primarily at work, I use Windows XP, although I will probably upgrade to Windows 7 in the next few weeks. On my Dell Latitude 2100 I dual boot between XP and Ubuntu 9.10 UNR.

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OS X is a great platform - but sometimes you need an actual Linux or Windows implementation. There are many virtualization packages out there - what are your experiences with them?

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andLinux: A great way to virtualize Linux inside of Windows

Recently, there's been a lot written about virtualization. Ever since Steve Jobs announced the move to Intel, there's been huge flurries of excitement as commercial virtualization products like VMWare and Parallels and open-source products like VirtualBox improved their offerings.

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Sun Microsystems has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Innotek GmbH, a Weinstadt, Germany-based supplier of VirtualBox virtualization software.

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Virtual Machines are an easy way to provide new applications or even entire operating systems without the need to install or alter anything in an existing system. However, often they are provided as a qemu image while VirtualBox is much more userfriendly.

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Innotek has released the new version 1.5 if its virtual machine software VirtualBox. This release features among other things seamless integration of Windows applications in Linux.

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No official notice yet, but my Ubuntu box just updated itself. And now, the download directory is up (with src, fedora rpm, deb, ubuntu deb, ucs deb, xandros deb, and win msi).

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This is the first time, I did something significantly useful with Linux, blogging. I had many past experience installing Ubuntu and many times I find myself either lost with all the UNIX/Linux commands or there are nothing much I can do as most of my files are on Windows XP.

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The problem with Windows on Mac is that you can't virtualize for free. Now, with VirtualBox, you can! I can't wait until 1.4 comes out for us stuck with PCs.

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This tutorial shows how you can install InnoTek's VirtualBox on a Ubuntu desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system.

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Today InnoTek released version 1.3.4, the first significant update with over 800 improvements based on feedback from the user community.

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