A virtual machine is a software-based emulation of a physical computer. It runs an operating system and applications just like a real computer, but it's hosted on a physical machine called the host.

Virtualbox is one of the more user-friendly tools when it comes to setting up virtual machines, but let's walk you through your first time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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In the last installment of this article, we looked at building a basic development environment and took the first steps to learn about scripting for Virtual Server 2005 R2. We explored how to ...

Most modern computers are powerful enough to run entire operating systems within your main operating systems, which means virtual machines are more commonplace today than ever. Here’s a look at the ...

Imagine this: You're using one Linux distribution and you want to quickly deploy a virtual machine of another Linux distribution for either testing purposes or to have a secondary operating system to ...

Today, VMware has introduced a public beta test of a program called ACE 2 Enterprise Edition. The original ACE program was a version of VMware that allowed users to construct specific virtual machines ...

VMware includes support for ISO images, which represent CDs or DVDs. When you load an ISO image into a VMware program, the virtual machine sees the ISO image as if it were a physical disc. ISO images ...