Would you like to try out Ubuntu (or any other popular distribution of Linux) from the comfort of your Windows 7 (or Vista or XP) desktop?  With a quick download of the Ubuntu ISO and VMware Player, you can do this easily.  And, you can even run Linux apps side by side with your Windows Apps, and even see their icons in your taskbar!  This article is my latest on Virtualization, so check it out on How-To Geek to see how easy...

My recent article on How-to Geek about running XP Mode without hardware virtualization got a lot of comments from people wanting to run XP Mode on other editions of Windows.  XP Mode is only licensed for Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate, so if your computer is running 7 Home Premium or Vista you cannot run it.  But, if you have your own legal copy of XP, you can make your own XP Mode.  It’s actually very...

Several months ago I wrote about VMware’s release of VMware Player 3.0.  This was a major upgrade to VMware’s free desktop virtualization offering, adding support for creating virtual machines and running them in Unity mode.  Windows 7’s release, then on the other hand, boosted desktop virtualization’s position in the marketplace with XP Mode which brings a virtualized copy of XP to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and...

I was doing a quick Bing search for the link to VMware Player for a previous article when I was dumbfounded to see the following link description: VMware is promoting their product with an unreleased OS … Chrome OS !?!  When I opened the link, it was quick to see that this was indeed the case.  The first paragraph on the VMware player page says: VMware Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the same time on...

Windows 7 marks the shift of desktop virtualization programs from a tool for IT pros to a standard program on every desktop.  Virtualization software enables users to run additional operating systems, such as XP or Ubuntu, as a program right inside their standard desktop, which enables users to test new programs or run legacy programs in a separate OS.  Microsoft has offered a free desktop virtualization solution for Windows 2000 and...