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Need help getting started with the VirtualBox virtualization software? A new book from Packt Publishing, VirtualBox 3.1 Beginner’s Guide by Alfonso V. Romero, might be useful to you. I previously wrote up a brief preview of the book and today will be the first ever book review on TechAirlines. At the end of the review, you will have the chance to win a copy of this book to add to your collection. What’s... 

Remember our past articles on a free virtualization software known as VirtualBox? Are you having trouble getting started with VirtualBox? Don’t understand what certain terms mean. A new book from Packt Publishing, VirtualBox 3.1 Beginner’s Guide by Alfonso V. Romero, might be useful to you. Cover of VirtualBox 3.1 - Beginner's Guide What’s Inside Download and install VirtualBox... 

Do you want to run multiple operating systems without going through multi-booting? The most popular way to do this would be virtualization. I previously compared the free VirtualBox against the premium VMware Workstation. But VMware also offers a free version of their virtualization product, known as VMware Player. How would these two free products compare to each other? VMware Player Welcome to First... 

Do you need to run multiple operating systems? Is multiple booting not for you? How about the easiest way to run multiple operating systems? Virtualization! There are a few virtualization options out there, one in particular is Sun VirtualBox. The main window of VirtualBox 3.1.0 On November 30, 2009, the next major version of VirtualBox, 3.1.0, was released featuring dozens of bug fixes and several... 

Today, I handily grabbed myself the Ubuntu 9.10 stable release, which was released today, exactly a week after Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch.  The Ubuntu servers were downloading at a very slow rate, but the bittorrent version was much faster.  Most of us probably don’t have a hold on Ubuntu 9.10 yet, but here’s a beginning preview of the 9.10 install process and some pretty pictures.  Read More →

Do you use virtualization software? This type of software lets you run multiple operating systems at the same time on a single computer. For example, if your main operating system is Windows Vista, you can be running Windows 7, Ubuntu, and Windows XP at the same time inside the virtualization software given that you have enough RAM to support it. There are many virtualization software out there, however...