VMWARE VIRTUALIZATION......

An introduction to virtual machines presented some basic terms such as virtualization, virtual machines, virtual hardwares. The function of VMware player was also touched upon. Today, we start to install this free application on our Windows machines.

Step 1: Download VMware Player 2.0
Go to http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ to download the latest version of VMware Player freely. (It takes 10 to 15 minutes for downloading)

Spep 2: Install VMware Player 2.0

• Double click on executable file (VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.exe) to start installation

• Click "Next" to continue

• Click "Next" to install VMware Player to the default folder

• Click "Next" and then click "Install" to start installation

• Click "Finish" to complete your installation successfully.

Example:

download image of Feisty 7.04
In this example, I have downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 7.04 for i386 . However, you can try with any image of Ubuntu Linux from this list.

Step 3: Check the installation
Goto Start -> Programs -> VMware -> VMware Player

Step 4: open VMware player
Goto Start -> Programs -> VMware -> VMware Player
Leave the choice on Create and click "OK" (asked only in the first time)

Ubuntu will start up ...

Step 3: try Ubuntu Feisty in your virtual machine
Click inside VMware Player to use your machine and hit Ctrl-Alt to get back out

Do you like it? Now, you can try Linux or evaluate any Linux software applications quickly without installation any thing because the virtual machines are independent platform.