Can I download virtual machines on my Windows box?
Can I download runnable virtual machines on my windows box like Ubuntu for example? Can I run that within windows? Is it somewhere out on the net preconfigured?
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January 25, 2011 5:30 PM
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October 18, 2011 6:54 PM
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You would need to install an additional piece of software such as VirtualBox or Parallels that would enable you to run Ubuntu within Windows. You can download VirtualBox from www.virtualbox.org. Parallels is a commercial product that you would need to purchase.
Also, Qemu can run virtual machine inside Windows. A real machine though will
usually perform better but for short term use and experimentation a virtual machine
will work ok. Just don't expect high performance.
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There are other free options like MS Vritual PC and VMware Server.
I think it would be easier to find preconfigured VMs for vmware on the net.
VmWare has an extensive download library of linux OS’s on prebuilt VM’s… Or at least they did two years ago the last time I worked with VMWare Server software.
I’d suggest you try setting up an Ubuntu Cloud
You’ll have at your finger tips numerous virtualized Linux system builds.
Download VMware server for free:
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
Download preconfigured virtual machines for free:
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/
VMWare is good, and there are tons of images that you can find to fit your needs…
There are also plenty of premade images for VirtualBox.
Also, Turnkey Linux has some ready-to-go appliances.
FYI, the link in the post two above me (for techyv.com) is malformed. It seems to want to go to http.com, but I’m not interested in unblocking that domain to see what it might try to do. Be cautious, all!
Short answer is there are many available. Eachn can have their own advantages which change with each version.
Depending on if you want to install and configure the client OS yourself, there are preset / preconfigured VMs around for many things.
You have many choices as listed in the discussion. One missed is VMWare player which can run preconfigured VMWare VMs. It is a much smaller install than the full version but cannot be used to create VMs.
I have used Microsoft Virtual PC / Virtual Server (Windows Virtual PC on Win 7), VMWare (Workstation, Player…), Virtual Box and others on PCs for special uses / testing / development. It depends on what you decide to do and if the virtualization solution can provide the functionality you need.