Hyper-V in Windows 10 has a built-in tool called Quick Create that lets you automate the process of setting up new virtual machines. Here's how to use it. As someone who has worked in IT for what ...

In last week's article, we discussed virtualization and its role in reducing server sprawl. We included VMware server as one of the products used to virtualize a data center. VMware also sells a ...

In August 2006, well-known Linux developer Christopher Helwig spotted Linux source code being used illegally in the VMware ESX bare-metal virtual machine (VM) hypervisor. Helwig, with the aid of the ...

There are many reasons that enterprises may wish to use Linux desktops within a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) broker. I outlined five of these in a recent article. Now that all major VDI ...

If you want to explore one of the most flexible and powerful Linux distributions without disturbing the main system, try installing Arch Linux in VirtualBox. Arch Linux is a lightweight and highly ...

Hello all, <BR><BR>I've run into a bit of a snag and I'm hoping someone here can give me some pointers into figuring this out. We have an old HP Nerserver LPr that is running Mandrake Linux 9.02. We ...

Offensive Security has announced its implementation of a file system snapshot in Kali Linux, a feature designed to add VM-like snapshotting to bare-metal installs. The new feature, dubbed Kali ...

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VMware, whose software lets computers run numerous operating systems simultaneously, expects a boost from Windows XP with its coming version 3.0. VMware Workstation 3.0, going on sale Monday, is ...

Few virtual computer environments are as stable, popular and rich in features as VMware. I've been a fan and user of VMware Workstation since version 2.0. I use it for testing network applications, ...