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November 23rd, 2009

FIRST LOOK: Chrome OS. Why lack of storage could be its downfall
Search Storage
SearchStorage ANZ tested Chrome OS as a guest operating system under Sun'sVirtualBox on a 2.13Ghz dual-core PC with two gigabytes of RAM. ...
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Download Google Chrome OS and Run it from a USB Drive
By Jorge Sierra
I even managed to put together my own Google Chrome OS download in the form of a completeVirtualBox appliance. I'm pleased to announce that I've taken it a step further, and now you can easily try it on your own computer from a USB ...
MakeUseOf.com - http://www.makeuseof.com/

How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7 using VirtualBox serial ...
How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7 using VirtualBoxGoogle unveiled Chrome OS in an event yesterday where they demonstrated the upcoming cloud-based OS for.
Free Software Portal - http://spotty-a.com/

Linux development environment on Windows 7 using VirtualBox and ...
By Danpereda
Hello all I am working on creating a Linux development environment on my Windows 7 machine. I downloaded and Installed Virtualbox. I then downloaded the 9.10 desktop of Ubuntu fromhttp://www.ubuntu.com/ ...
Dan Pereda - Yeah! You found me. - http://danpereda.com/

How to try out Google's new Chrome OS | Bukisa.com
By herbertlui
When the 300mb transfer is complete, start VirtualBox. Create a new machine. Under operating system, select 'Linux', and in Version select 'Linux 2.6'. You'll want to select 'use an existing hard disk' -- select the virtual hard drive ...
Latest content from Bukisa.com - http://www.bukisa.com/

bobpeers -> blog » Fedora 12 Guest Additions in Virtualbox
By Bob Peers
After trying Google Chrome OS I moved onto Fedora 12 in Virtualbox. As always it installed fine and in no time I was at the default Fedora 12 desktop. Next step was to install the guest additions to allow for screen resizing and ...
bobpeers -> blog - http://blog.bobpeers.com/

Installing Windows in VirtualBox | Guy Van Sanden's Home
I had to install Windows for someone who needed Officefor a specific thing So I installed VirtualBox on his Karmic PC and created a VM ...

Posted on November 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 22nd, 2009

Google Chrome OS Test Drive
Cnet Asia
Already having VirtualBox installed I follwed TechCrunch's instructions and was up and running pretty quick. But then the system froze. ...
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Google Chrome OS Ready for Testing Now
Gadget Venue (blog)
To get the OS working you need to download and install VirtualBox which allows the virtual OS to run. To get full instructions of how to install and ...
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Try Out Chrome OS on a Virtual Machine
Search Engine Journal
BZ2 format. After getting the Chrome OS file, you need to download and get VirtualBoxrunning on your machine – that is you need to create a virtual machine.
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Chrome OS hits torrents – Guide to install Chrome OS as a virtual ...
By DG
To run Chrome OS, users must launch a virtual machine client, such as VMware's Workstation, or for Mac, Fusion 3, then install Chrome in new VM, or free VirtualBox, a Sun-hosted open-source VM. To set it up with VMWare Fusion on a ...
D' Technology Weblog - http://www.ditii.com/

I am Than » Chromium OS
By than
Voila! You get a browser! The first thing I noticed was the “LAAAAAAAG!!!”,. I used the same settings that got Ubuntu 9.10 running smoothly with Chrome OS. But I don't blame them, this is an early build. And this is on VirtualBox. ...
I am Than - http://www.iamthan.com/

Animesh Pathak's Online Journal: Play with My Version of Google ...
By Animesh
Using it on the VirtualBox will not be able to demonstrate the speed part, but one should be able to test the offline-storage and a/v aspects, and to a lesser extent. the security. I like what I see so far, and maybe my happiness is ...
Animesh Pathak's Online Journal - http://animeshpathak.blogspot.com/

Tutorial: Boot Ubuntu 9.10 Partition using Virtualbox inside ...
By John Jiang
WARNING WORK IN PROGRESS~ THIS ARTICLE IS INCOMPLETE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AT OWN RISK. So Ubuntu 9.10 got released several weeks ago and people have been.
ltyer.com - http://www.ltyer.com/wordpress/

What is, Why?: How to run multiple OS inside windows - VirtualBox
By Kusal
VirtualBox box is a neat software that allows you to run multiple operating systems inside your already installed operating system (windows / Linux). I have used vmware earlier but VirtualBox is much faster, user friendly and light ...
What is, Why? - http://www.whatiswhy.com/

Posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:22 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 21st, 2009

Google Chrome OS out now
International Business Times
Another way is to use the free VirtualBox, a Sun-hosted open-source virtual machine, users on the file-sharing sites said it also works well. ...
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Chrome OS: Move Along, Nothing to See Here (Yet)
PC World
I used Sun's free VirtualBox virtualization software and the downloadable version of Chrome OS hosted by Gdgt. Actually, when I used the Gdgt download in ...
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Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 20, @09:55PM
Slashdot
'The build comes in the form of a virtual machine, which means you'll need vmware or virtualboxrunning, and of course the image of Chrome OS itself. ...
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Google's Chrome OS hits BitTorrent
Computerworld
The free VirtualBox, a Sun-hosted open-source virtual machine, does the trick as well, users said on the file-sharing sites. VMware's free VMPlayer also ...
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How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine
engadget (blog)
Your mileage may vary depending on your particular setup (there's also an image available for the free, cross-platform VirtualBox software), ...
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How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7
Redmond Pie
All you need now is a system running Windows, Linux or OS X with any of the virtualization software like VMware or VirtualBox installed to get Chrome OS ...
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Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions
Ghacks Technology News
Actually what has been released are VirtualBox and VMware images that can be booted in their respective virtual machines. Martin has posted his concerns ...
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I' Been to Ubuntu: How to Try Out ChromeOS in Virtualbox
By Daengbo
First, you need to download a VMWare disk image (.vdmk). Here's a torrent file. Unpack the bz2 file to somewhere convenient. Next, open up Virtualbox (install), go to File > Virtual Media Manager and add the VDMK. ...
I' Been to Ubuntu - http://blog.ibeentoubuntu.com/

How to: Get and try Google's (new) Chrome OS yourself (for free of ...
By Ashraf
No worries though because VirtualBox is able to run VMWare images just fine. So, click on "Get the VMWare image here!" to download the Chrome OS virtual image (developer preview version 0.4.22.8). It is a 313 MB download so depending on ...
dotTech [.org] - http://dottech.org/

Screenr - @JManzur: Chromium OS en VirtualBox
Screenr - Instant screencasts for Twitter. Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you'll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds.
Screenr Public Stream - http://screenr.com/PON

How to Install Chrome OS in VirtualBox | Chrome Techa
By Travis R
As I revealed in a previous post (First Look at Chrome OS) I have installed the early Chrome OS build in VirtualBox. Here I will walk you through the steps of how to do it yourself. I am using a VirtualBoxon Mac OS X 10.6.2, ...
Chrome Techa - http://chrometecha.blogspot.com/

Tutorial: How to run Chrome OS in VirtualBox – Chrome OS-Blog.com
By Erk
Step-by-step guide to running Google Chrome OS in Sun Virtual Box. Try the new operating system yourself without any trouble.
Chrome OS-Blog.com - http://chromeos-blog.com/

Posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:09 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 20th, 2009

Virtualised Chrome OS Made Available to All
TrustedReviews
... down by the clever chaps at gdgt who have compiled all the code allowing it to be run using virtualisation software vmware Player/Fusion or virtualbox. ...
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Google Chrome OS available as VMDK to download
Soft Sailor
As a tip for you, Sun- Virtualbox, now has the support for VMware formats and can play every virtual machine that has the extension vmk or vmdk.
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Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here's How.
TechCrunch (blog)
But it will get it up and running in a virtual machine using the free software VirtualBox, which is available for Macs, PCs, and Linux. ...
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Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS
Gizmodo.com
Expect builds to start showing up online, which'll probably work wonderfully in a virtual machine app likeVirtualBox. With Chrome OS, Google is taking (or ...
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Video: Install Chrome OS In VirtualBox | Skatter Tech
By Skatter Tech
So I decided to make a quick screen cast on how to install Google Chrome OS in VirtualBox. (Credit for the idea goes to UbuntuForums) It's actually quite easy, even if you're computer illiterate. To get started, just watch the video ...
Skatter Tech - http://skattertech.com/

Google Chrome OS: Download Chrome OS VMWare image - gdgt
By dave
Alternatively, if you don't have VMware, some users have had luck getting this image to run usingVirtualBox, which is a free cross-platform (Windows / Mac / Linux) virtual machine created by Sun Microsystem. You can download VirtualBox ...
gdgt - new in gadgets - http://gdgt.com/

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:26 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 19th, 2009

Top 10 free Windows tools for IT pros
Computerworld
Anonymous says: Note that VirtualBox doesn't handle Windows 98 very well.... InfoWorld - They say you can tell a lot about a person by the tools they bring ...
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Fedora 12 Linux Distribution Officially Launches
Erictric
I have two separate partitions and Virtualbox to try out the new ones. But so far none of them gives me any reason to budge. I will keep trying the new ones ...
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Virtualized servers need special security care
Search Security
Some software hypervisors are VMware Workstation, Sun xVM VirtualBox, Microsoft Virtual Server and Microsoft Virtual PC. Running a hardware hypervisor ...
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Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:21 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 18th, 2009

The Problem with Modern Life is ...
ZDNet UK
I tried 9.10 in Sun VirtualBox with not much difference to previous Ubuntu's, it was a let down ..design should now be at the forefront of Ubuntu's mind to ...
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The Technology Muse: Microsoft Virtual PC vs. VirtualBox
By The Technology Muse
Although Windows 7 has the new and improved Microsoft Virtual-PC so that it can run XP-Mode it is not as "polished" as VirtualBox (and of course, VMWare is likely to be even more so - as it is a "paid" solution). ...
The Technology Muse - http://technology-muse.blogspot.com/

Windows 7 bugs have been fixed by Virtual Box updates
By Peter Modoli
It enables programmer to build an application on the desktop using VirtualBox, and then deploy it to a production environment on a virtual server. Also in April, an announcement was made by Oracle on its intention to buy Sun for $7.4bn ...
Windows 7 | Microsoft Operating... - http://windows7.iyogi.net/

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:39 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 17th, 2009

What's GNU in Virtualization
Linux Magazine (registration) (blog)
And, for you desktop-level virtualization converts, VirtualBox dishes out performance and a gaggle of high-end features. All virtualization software in this ...
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Google Chrome OS coming this week?
PC Pro
... to try it would prefer to do so in the safety and convenience of a virtual machine - hoping there will be sufficient drivers to run it in VirtualBox. ...
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Reviewed: Parallels Desktop 4 in search Linux, TuxRadar Linux ...
By desktoptowerdefense
This is comparable to the understood components you can create with both Workstation andVirtualBox. To consider up to its detriment, it also lacks any 3D ability which is sporadically melodic much requirement (albeit in beta ...
desktop tower defense - http://desktoptowerdefense.edublogs.org/

vincentkong.com » Blog Archive » Upgrading Portable-VirtualBox
By Vincent Kong
When the download has completed the path of the VirtualBox installation should be filled in. Check the “Extract the files for a 32-Bit/64-Bit system” checkbox based on your system and click on the “OK” button. ...
vincentkong.com - http://www.vincentkong.com/

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:50 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

Sun VirtualBox 3.0.12 released!

In the spirit of, "Hey we fixed a bunch of bugs, why hold on to them?" VirtualBox 3.0.12 was released today.

You could read about the fixes or just go get the new version.

-FB

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 08:05 AM by TheFatBloke from The Fat Bloke Sings

November 16th, 2009

WebOS SDK 1.3.1 Now Available for Download
Softpedia
Moreover, they reveal that the emulator checks the VirtualBox version to ensure it is the supported one and that “the palm-install command-line tool from ...
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Friday 13th, November 2009
Siliconindia.com
Few of the free virtualization softwares are Vmware, virtualbox, Virtual PC 2007 and xensource. I feel very comfortable with Vmware for XP and Linux. ...
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Access Physical Disk in VirtualBox- Desktop Virtualization ...
By admin
This step by steps method explains how you can access physical disk in desktop virtualization software Sun VirtualBox. Unfortunately this cannot be done easily.
Virtualization Software Tips & Tricks - http://virtualization.sysprobs.com/

Linux and Whatever » Blog Archive » Virtualbox 3 running slowly
By admin
Recently I installed Virtualbox 3 in Mandriva 2010. I found that it's performance was painfully slow. I spent 3 hours attempting to install a guest O.S. Worse yet I spent even more time trying to figure out why it was running so slowly. ...
Linux and Whatever - http://linusearch.com/wordpress/

thinkiii: vlan tag under vmware/virtualbox
By orca
When I was trying to add a vlan tag on my network traffic, I found that the tcpdump can read the correct vlan id information when I was using VMware or Virtualbox, but it failed to read that on my host machine. ...
thinkiii - http://thinkiii.blogspot.com/

Running Games on VirtualBox - /gg FTW!
By Miyuki
[Introduction] Ever heard about virtualization? Do VMWare or VirtualPC sounds familiar? For now I'd say about Sun's VirtualBox, it's also similar as those other 2 virtualization as I mentioned above,
/gg FTW! - http://ggftw.com/forum/

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:37 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 15th, 2009

VirtualBox 3.1 Beta 1 now available | ITNewsCast
By lizettea
Some major new featuresThe first beta release of VirtualBox 3.1 is now available. You can download the binaries at http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.1.0_BETA1/ Version 3.1 will be a major update.
ITNewsCast - Oracle News for... - http://itnewscast.com/

Ubuntu - Installing Windows 7 64-bit in Virtualbox | Heratech
By sham
Trying to install Windows 7 in Virtualbox on Ubuntu. Kept getting this error message: "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.
Heratech - http://heratech.net/

mikas notebook » How to change the UUID in VirtualBox
By admin
Finally I found a method to easily change the UUID of a VDI Image (e.g. VBOX, VMware). Just open the commandline (cmd), go to your VirtualBox installdir and execute VBoxManage.exe with the following parameters: ...
mikas notebook - http://blog.im-schoenblick.de/

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:33 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 14th, 2009

Holiday Gift Guide: Get them something they will love. Get a Mac
Notebooks.com
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention the free VirtualBox. It's not as user-friendly as it's counterparts, but it's free! For the computer-nerds among ...
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PDC 2009 Preview: The move to Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010
BetaNews
... and ubiquitous -- note, for example, the lack of 64-bit virtualization capability in Windows 7, a feature that even Sun's VirtualBox has in spades. ...
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Rants and Raves » Windows 7 – Virtualization
By roger
But one of the really nice things about VirtualBox is that it will support machines with or without hardware assisted virtualization and it emulates very modern hardware (which makes the paravirtualization of devices much more ...
Rants and Raves - http://blog.rogersoles.com/

VirtualBox just keeps getting better | LEHSYS Blogger News
By Maximillion
I found VirtualBox back in March and it's been just awesome. Version 3.0.10 has been released; I was notified via the automatic updater . If your an IT A...
LEHSYS Blogger News - http://news.lehsys.com/

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 13th, 2009

Novell Sets OpenSUSE 11.2 Free
InternetNews.com
... told InternetNews.com that virtualization wasn't a focus for the 11.2 release, though there are updates for both the Xen and VirtualBox hypervisors ...
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Karmic and Virtualbox video problem at the blog of Chris
By Chris
I thought I'd give Karmic Kubuntu a spin under Virtualbox, which I installed via the Live CD. After installation it booted, but the resolution was very low. Nevermind, I thought I'd just do the latest updates and then reboot to ...
the blog of Chris - http://blog.christophersmart.com/

third world county » OK, “Officially” Liking VirtualBox, Now
By David
third world county - “In a democracy ('rule by mob'), those who refuse to learn from history are in the majority and dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance.”-third world county's corollary to Santayana's Axiom.
third world county - http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/

Words from the inside » Resizing VirtualBox Images (VDI)
By jasuarez
So how to resize a VirtualBox Disk Image (from now on, VDI)?. VirtualBox doesn't come with appropriate tools, and after googling for a while, all solutions proposed to use a live CD to resize the partition. ...
Words from the inside - http://blogs.igalia.com/jasuarez/

VirtualBox: access Windows-host | Configbytes
By rstaples
Here's a nice snippet I found when looking for help guest to host file sharing. VirtualBox: access Windows-host shared folders from Ubuntu-guest.
Configbytes - http://www.configbytes.com/

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 10th, 2009

Run IE6, IE7, and IE8 on the Same Machine Using Windows 7 XP Mode
SitePoint
Few of us have the room or patience to maintain three PCs, so we resort to Virtual Machine software such as VMware or VirtualBox. VM software emulates a PC ...
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How To Set Up A Shared Folder In VirtualBox (Windows Vista/7 Host ...
By Duncan
When using VirtualBox, the shared folder feature may seem a little complicated to use (opposed to VMWare with its “Drag and Drop” feature with files). Here.
Duncs Web - http://duncsweb.com/

Virtualbox and vmware « . : Dexter Cole, CCNP, CCDP : .
By admin
So to dabble around with a few different server configurations options to rebuild my server at the data center, I decided to try Sun's Virtualbox (free) comparing it to vmware Server (also free). I found for my current setup, ...
. : Dexter Cole, CCNP, CCDP : . - http://dextercole.com/

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:08 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 9th, 2009

Using XP After Upgrading to Windows 7
Datamation
There are other virtualization programs, like the ones from Microsoft, such as the VMware Player andVirtualBox. They all offer a similar solution. ...
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How to Install Windows 7 on Vmware virtualbox | letmeget.com
By admin
Get the easy steps here with its screenshots for How to Install Windows 7 by using the more powerfulVirtualBox application. VirtualBox is a free and it is available for manifold platforms: Windows, OS X, Linux, and Solaris. ...
letmeget.com - http://www.letmeget.com/

Spoken Like a Geek - The technology blog of Neil Thompson ...
By Neil Thompson
I have installed VirtualBox and Windows XP on my MacBook simply to run Windows Live Writer and I wish I didn't have to but I like to blog and WLW just makes it so easy. So now I am considering whether I should go a step further and get ...
Spoken Like a Geek - http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:04 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 8th, 2009

< ~~ Guru ~~ >'s official Blog world.: Sun MS's VirtualBox 3.0.10 ...
By Hardik Shah [--- Guru ---]
VirtualBox 3.0.10. And with it is latest release - version 3.0.10 its become even better. Probably is you're not an Windows fanatic and running Apple Macintosh or Linux Ubuntu 9.04 or say any other OS, the latest release has got bug ...
's official Blog world. - http://gameboyzone.blogspot.com/

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 08:56 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 7th, 2009

3D acceleration with Virtualbox 3.0 : DirectX, OpenGl and a ...
By admin
Install a Windows guest under Virtualbox, as you normally would. Shutdown the virtual machine, and under Settings – Display, click the checkbox to turn on 3D acceleration. I also pushed the slider up to 128 Mb of video memory. ...
The Greatest Linux Blog on the... - http://linuxblog.pansapiens.com/

Testing Remasterys For Karmic
By Panji Nushantara
Before make a USB Startup Disk out of it I tried it first with Virtualbox. Booted back to Jaunty and booted the iso file with Virtualbox, and here it is, Koala meets Jackalope. head to head : koala- jackalope ...
i am a ubuntu - http://ubuntu.igameilive.com/

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 08:53 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 6th, 2009

Setting up VirtualBox Guest VM Server Networking via NAT « Breo ...
By eric
The VirtualBox documentation presents a few different ways to resolve this (NAT, Bridged and Host-Only). Once again, I decided to take the path of least resistance…which is to do simple port-forwarding from the host OS to the guest OS. ...
Breo Media Labs - http://labs.breomedia.com/

VirtualBox Update for Windows 7 « Windows 7 Uninstall
By computerhelpandsupport
VirtualBox is designed to be a low-cost option to products such as VMware Workstation, and is used primarily for development and testing. A programmer can create an application on the desktop usingVirtualBox, than deploy it to a ...
Windows 7 Uninstall - http://windows7uninstall.wordpress.com/

mSOA Reference Architecture VirtualBox Image Guide | Top Manual Guide
By wawan
Screen resolution should be automatically set to the window size, but if for some reason this doesn't work for you (e.g. you upgraded the kernel and haven't re-installed the VirtualBox guest addons), it can be changed through System ...
Top Manual Guide - http://topmanualguide.com/

Michael's Blog » Blog Archive » Convert Virtualbox .vdi to raw LVM ...
By Administrator
Being a long-time user of Virtualbox I was faced with the common problem of outgrowing the space in a VDI file. I also understand well that encapsulating one filesystem within another adds a significant amount of overhead to an I/O ...
Michael's Blog - http://www.aggiegeeks.com/wordpress/

Posted on November 06, 2009 at 09:34 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 5th, 2009

Mandriva flashes its small aggressive penguin
Register
The package also includes Firefox and Open Office, as well as Xserver,1.6.5 and VirtualBox 3.0.8. The PowerPack Version, which includes additional goodies ...
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Mandriva Linux 2010.0 arrives
The H
Updated components and applications include OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Firefox 3.5.3, VirtualBox 3.0.8, Wine 1.1.32 and X.Org 7.4 with X Server 1.6.5 instead of ...
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GNU/Linux: Virtualbox for solving a common small business problem ...
By Gene
However, malware is rife on Microsoft based systems making problematic any accounting data's safety on a single multi-use Microsoft PC. What is the FOSS loving small business owner to do? EnterVirtualbox for GNU/Linux to the rescue. ...
The ERACC Web Log - http://blog.eracc.com/

How To: Fix VirtualBox High CPU Load with Ubuntu 9.10 Host | r3dux.org
By r3dux
Updated to Karmic the other day, and all is well and good with the world, but VirtualBox is determined to use a heap of CPU time even when the guest OS is.
r3dux.org - http://r3dux.org/

Ubuntu Upgrade Broke My Virtualbox + Solution | Edmonds Commerce Blog
By admin
If you are using Ubuntu (or probably other versions of linux as well) and the OSE version of Virtualbox, then after upgrading you might find that your virtual.
Edmonds Commerce Blog - http://www.edmondscommerce.co.uk/blog/

Using Zune Within VirtualBox | HTMLCenter Web Development Blog
By Curtiss
Since the Zune 4 software was released, I have been using it fairly exclusively as my media player when using Windows. I really enjoy using the software, and I.
HTMLCenter Web Development Blog - http://www.htmlcenter.com/

Posted on November 05, 2009 at 02:41 PM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 4th, 2009

Parallels Desktop 5 Adds Aero, Multitouch Gestures to Windows on a Mac
jkOnTheRun
And Parallels isn't the only game in town — be sure to check out VMWare's Fusion or the freeVirtualBox software from Sun. I'm half-tempted to upgrade my ...
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Parallels Desktop 5 ships with a host of new and improved features
tuaw.com (blog)
... more "nerd work" to set it up, you can even set up Windows virtualization for free with Sun'sVirtualBox tool (well, "free" plus the cost of Windows). ...
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First Look at VMware Fusion 3
eWEEK Europe UK
Fusion 3 competes with the likes of Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition and Sun VirtualBox, and is aimed at individual users. ...
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How to: Virtualise Windows XP on a Mac
PC Advisor
Three apps make the latter option possible: vmware Fusion, virtualbox and Parallels Desktop. We'll be demonstrating the process using Parallels Desktop in ...
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Linux ODBC connection to MS SQL on Virtual Box Windows
By Marcin Gil
To get MS SQL installation file from Linux host to Windows guest I used VirtualBox shared folders functionality. Next install MS SQL the usual way. There are only two things to watch out for: don't forget to install connectivity ...
When grass was greener - http://blog.marcingil.com/

VirtualBox/Ubuntu 9.10: Changing Screen Resolution… | Mike Southby
By Mike
At this stage I am assuming that you already have Sun VirtualBox installed and that you have gone through the process of installing a new virtual machine and installed the latest Ubuntu release. It's at this stage once you have started ...
Mike Southby - http://www.mikesouthby.co.uk/

How to make VirtualBox VMs backup faster | Clusty's Blog
By clusty
Inspired by this tutorial, I decided to try a similar thing, to speed up the TimeMachine backups of myVirtualBox virtual machines. The results are quite nice,
Clusty's Blog - http://www.hexorcist.com/wordpress/

KanManDet.Dk » SUN VirtualBox
By Mike
SUN has a free virtualization platform called SUN VirtualBox, so whats new in that you might wander – many companies offer virtualization these days!? The cool thing here is the word “Free” and lets add “Fast” to make it interesting, ...
KanManDet.Dk - http://www.kanmandet.dk/

Windows 7 Virtualization
By Dave Mallisk
VirtualBox for Windows Hosts, which you can download from the VirtualBox Downloads website. For example, here is a procedure for using VirualBox to run Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) as a guest OS within a Windows 7 host OS: Windows 7 ...
EduBook - http://www.edubook.com/

Posted on November 05, 2009 at 02:29 PM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 3rd, 2009

Boot OS X, XP, and Ubuntu from a Mac
Lifehacker
There are, of course, easier ways to get at multiple operating systems from one system, like using virtualization software such as virtualbox, vmware, ...
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VirtualBox Delivers Windows 7 in Linux
Cheap Laptops (blog)
A virtual environment, created by a piece of software like VirtualBox is an encapsulated environment in which an operating system can be duped into thinking ...
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Oracle details fate of Sun software
ZDNet UK
Oracle will continue Sun's desktop virtualisation software, including VDI, Sun Ray, Secure Global Desktop and VirtualBox, while Sun's identity management ...
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Should ZFS Have a fsck Tool?
OS News
There's an interesting case of ZFS corruption on a virtualized Solaris guest: virtualbox didn't honor the sync cache commands of the virtualized drive. ...
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VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
ZDNet
By Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK Sun has updated its VirtualBox virtualization software, fixing bugs related to Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Virtual Box 3.0.10, ...
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Linux jobs outpacing Windows; virtualization is 'hot'
Search Enterprise Linux
The test will include Xen, KVM, openvz, virtualbox and cluster management. Silver added that experience with security tools such as Nagios, Tripwire and ...
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Unixmen - Convert Vmware to Vbox | Unixmen
By zinovsky@unixmen.com (pirat9)
Now convert the bin the to Vdi with Virtualbox command: VBoxManage convertdd /home/download/system.bin system.vdi. The GUI way. start the Virtualbox. Go File > Virtual Media manager>. Go to add the new Disk . ...
Unixmen Home - http://www.unixmen.com/component/content/frontpage

Grey-Bearded Geek » Blog Archive » VirtualBox vs. VMware on Ubuntu ...
By richfreedman
I've been using Sun's VirtualBox at work for some time now, and it's been very stable, though not quite as polished as VMWare. VirtualBox also supports and installs the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), which promises to ...
Grey-Bearded Geek - http://greybeardedgeek.net/

Virtualbox Setup to Run Windows XP Inside Ubuntu Jaunty | Duq Amuq
By kevin
I had no trouble with the initial virtualbox-3.0 install from Sun's repositories. I popped in my old Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1a CD and installed the software on a virtual disk — all of this was easy to do and required no ...
Duq Amuq - http://duq.ca/duqamuq/

Posted on November 03, 2009 at 09:30 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 2nd, 2009

VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
ZDNet UK
Sun has updated its VirtualBox virtualisation software, fixing bugs related to Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Virtual Box 3.0.10, released on Thursday, ...
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Getting your Windows 7 fix in Linux with virtualbox
ZDNet Asia
By Jack Wallen, Special to zdnet Asia virtualbox will allow you to stretch your budget farther, test your software more securely, and train your users more ...
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Iconoclastic Tendencies: Headless Sun xVM VirtualBox via SMF
By Steven Stallion
I finally had some extra time this weekend to sit down and finish an SMF manifest I started ages ago to support headless VirtualBox guests. Overall, I am pretty pleased with the result: The source for the service manifest and method ...
Iconoclastic Tendencies - http://sstallion.blogspot.com/

DEfusion.org.uk » No IE For You!
By Dave
I do a few downloads, the conversion stuff and within the hour I have VirtualBox booting the image. It boots quickly and it's nippy, I assume they've stripped Windows down to the bare bones with just enough to run IE properly - which is ...
DEfusion.org.uk - http://www.defusion.org.uk/

Posted on November 03, 2009 at 09:03 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

November 1st, 2009

VirtualBox - A Simple Guide to SnapShots... | V-Pulse
By phil
You can delete the snapshots in any order you like without effect on the current state. More information including great examples: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23291. Bookmark/Search this post with: ...

V-Pulse - http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/

Installing VirtualBox to Run Windows XP Home Edition on Ubuntu ...
By kevin
VirtualBox allows you to run a nested operating system on top of Linux. I want to use it with Windows XP (which I have an old copy of) in order to run the imaging software which came with my new Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. ...
Duq Amuq - http://duq.ca/duqamuq/

How to install Virtualbox OSE on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala » Help ...
By Steven Robert
The apt-get utility will download Virtualbox and its dependencies, and then will then automatically execute its rather lengthy installation script. As ease of.
TheUnical Technologies Blog - http://blog.theunical.com/

Posted on November 03, 2009 at 08:59 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

October 31st, 2009

VirtualBox 3.0.10 Released for MAC OS X | Webs Developer
By web slinger
Sun Microsystems has just released VirtualBox 3.0.10 for MAC OS X operating system. VirtualBox is a robust virtualization platform from Sun, it is an open.
Webs Developer - http://www.websdeveloper.com/

How to install Virtualbox OSE on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala » Help ...
By Jonathan Moeller
The apt-get utility will download Virtualbox and its dependencies, and then will then automatically execute its rather lengthy installation script. As ease of installation goes, you can't beat that. After the installation is finished, ...
Help Desk Screeds - http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed/

Posted on November 03, 2009 at 08:56 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

October 30th, 2009

VirtualBox 3.0.10 released
The H
Sun Microsystems has announced the release of version 3.0.10 of its open source VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware. ...
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6.0 + 0.1 = 7 According to Microsoft
Watching the Watchers.org (blog)
(Yes, I dual boot into SuSE, and run VirtualBox images of other operating systems). That's because it is the first Microsoft OS with half-way decent ...
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Oracle Sheds New Light on Future of Sun Technologies
PC World
Oracle is also planning to preserve Sun's lineup of desktop virtualization software, which includes VDI, Sun Ray, Secure Global Desktop and VirtualBox, ...
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Oracle's Official NetBeans, Glassfish, VirtualBox Plans : Adam ...
By admin
Oracle's Official NetBeans, Glassfish, VirtualBox Plans · Two Amazing NetBeans 6.8Beta Features · HA Without Clustering? Is Glassfish v3 Ready For Production? Upcoming (2009-2010) Java EE 5/6 Workshops and Events - Some Free ...
Adam Bien - http://www.adam-bien.com/roller/abien

Greg Sherwood: Running the MySource Mini VM with VirtualBox
By Greg Sherwood
If you don't have access to VMWare player to give the MySource Mini virtual machine image a try, you can use the free VirtualBox player instead. VirtualBox has the ability to use the HDD image from VMWare without the need to have VMWare ...
Greg Sherwood - http://gregsherwood.blogspot.com/

Posted on November 03, 2009 at 08:34 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

October 29th, 2009

Download VirtualBox 3.0.10 for Mac OS X
Softpedia
By Filip Truta, Apple News Editor Sun Microsystems has released a new version of VirtualBox, the company's virtualization program that allows users to ...
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Oracle konkretisiert Pläne zu Suns Open-Source-Produkten
Heise Newsticker - Hannover,Niedersachsen,Germany
Hierin finden sich auch neue Aussagen zur Zukunft der von Sun geförderten Produkte GlassFish, NetBeans, OpenOffice und VirtualBox. ...

下载：免费虚拟机VirtualBox 3.0.10
驱动之家 - Shanghai,China
VirtualBox原本是由德国Innotek公司开发，颇受欢迎的一款跨平台虚拟机软件。2008年，Sun收购了Innotek公司，将VirtualBox作为其xVM虚拟化平台的一部分继续研发。 ...

Sun xVM Virtualbox 3.0.10
NDFR.net - Rueil Malmaison,France
Sun vient de publier la 5ème révision de son logiciel de virtualisation de système d'exploitation seulement 3 semaines après la précédente version. ...

REVIEW: VMware Fusion 3 Holds Slight Edge in 'PC Switch to Mac' Space
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
Fusion 3 is competitive with Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition and Sun VirtualBox, with a slight lead in terms of day-to-day operations. ...

VirtualBox 3.0.10: Full virtualization software with remote ...
By antoq
VirtualBox 3.0.10: Full virtualization software with remote possibilities - Free Software Download and Review @Esoft.Web.id, the most comprehensive source for free downloads recommended software on the Web. Includes event log monitoring ...
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VirtualBox 3.0.10: Full virtualization software with remote ...
By Articles
sponsored links VirtualBox 3.0.10 is a program that helps you to use virtualization and other operating systems such as: Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, DOS / Windows 3.x, Linux, OpenBSD and Mac OS.
Tech-Talks.com - http://www.tech-talks.com/

Download Live Android 0.3 (liveandroidv0.3.iso)
By Haris
More net card drivers added. Amd PCNET32 PCI; Broadcom 440x/47xx; CS89×0; Intel PRO/100+; NE2000/NE1000; Realtek RTL-8129/8130/8139. Live Android 0.3 has been tested on virtualization platforms like VirtualBox and VMware. ...
Sizzled Core - http://www.sizzledcore.com/

Posted on November 02, 2009 at 10:24 AM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

Sun VirtualBox 3.0.10 released!

VirtualBox 3.0.10 just released!

Among other things this maintenance release:

fixes a memory leak on Mac hosts;
solves a few SMP issues;
detects other active hypervisors (e.g. XP-mode); and
fixes a bug with Solaris host DVD support;
check the full list.

It is available to download from the Usual Places .

-FB

Posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:56 AM by TheFatBloke from The Fat Bloke Sings

October 28th, 2009

Dual-Booting Linux And Windows: Easier Said than Done
Datamation - Darien,CT,USA
I prefer using VirtualBox while others will possibly lean toward VMWare. In either case, you have working USB options and are able to install practically ...

Oracle clarifies plans for Java tools and OpenOffice
The H - London,UK
The updated version makes a number of new statements about the future of Glassfish, OpenOffice, NetBeans and VirtualBox. Oracle says it plans to continue ...

Blog Feed Post
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
VMWARE Server (GSX), VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation and Desktop are examples of this type of hypervisor. The Type 2 Hypervisor is typically people are ...

HiR Information Report: Installing OpenBSD 4.6, Virtual machine ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Ax0n)
I've already installed it on a few of my systems, but in preparation for my upcoming article on getting OpenBSD, Apache, MySQL and PHP playing together nicely in a chroot environment, I decided to install it in VirtualBox. ...
HiR Information Report - http://www.h-i-r.net/

» That porridge is too cold. This porridge is too hot. My Green Life
By Mark
An obvious solution would be to switch from VMWare Server to VirtualBox, which does at least have a Mac client. But whereas VMWare Server is free of charge, VirtualBox is only free if you use the Open Source edition – which lacks ...
My Green Life - http://www.peppertop.com/blog/

Xplico » VirtualBox Image of Debian 5.0 with Xplico
By Gianluca C.
At SourceForge there is a VirtualBox.org image of Debian 5.0 with Xplico 0.5.2 installed and running. It is a smart way for testing this software without altering your environment. It is just download and begin to test Xplico. ...
Xplico - http://www.xplico.org/

How to VirtualBox without GUI or Headless | CentOS | Linux Tutorial
By Fabio Milano
How to create a guest virtual machine vm in VirtualBox from the command line or a system that does not have a GUI or Xorg installed.
Linux Tutorial - http://www.kernelhardware.org/

How To: Install VirtualBox 3 on Fedora 12 [Tutorial] | Derek ...
By SendDerek
This is a step by step tutorial on how to get VirtualBox 3 up and running on Fedora 12. Specifically, this guide was written using the VirtualBox 3.0.8 version.
Derek Hildreth's Blog - http://www.derekhildreth.com/blog/

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:44 PM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

October 27th, 2009

Build Your Own Dev Server with VirtualBox
SitePoint - Australia
by Louis Simoneau Sun's VirtualBox is ideal for testing different desktop environments (for example, browser testing), but I've discovered it's also great ...

Windows 7 a la XP Mode
Linux Magazine (Registration) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Perhaps a better solution would be to install a third party product such as VirtualBox, VMware Workstation or QEMU if you need a Windows XP VM. ...

VirtualBox: how to “clone” your VMs | kill the radio
Notice the clone in quotes. Why? You can't actually clone a VM technically. We can work around that, though. Keep in mind, this guide is for VirtualBox <=
kill the radio - http://blog.killtheradio.net/

Remote Access to Your Services: EJB vs Spring/Hessian | Javalobby
By alex.m
Run 4: Win7RC/Virtualbox x86_64, SunJDK 1.6.0. Run 5: WinXP x86, SunJDK 1.6.0. Ok, no more spikes in EJB response time, though the times still look suspiciously flat. Plus, on WinXP, past 8k/1000 calls, I just get an exception ...
Javalobby - The heart of the... - http://java.dzone.com/

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:37 PM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

October 26th, 2009

VMware profit declines by more than half
iT News - Australia
"After VMWare, Sun's Virtualbox was a breath of fresh air. Easier to configure. less buggy, faster, and its free (FOSS) too!" By Sams By Angelica Mari ...

Will the real "new" features in Windows 7 please stand up
TechRepublic - Louisville,KY,USA
Windows XP Mode: With Linux you can still get your full XP on using VirtualBox or, Wine for that matter. And you won't need a special CPU capable of ...

Linux release flood
MyADSL - Melville,South Africa
... and Gnome (2.28) desktop environments, a guest user account much like Ubuntu's, and a choice ofVirtualbox 3, Xen and qemu-kvm for virtualisation. ...

random bits: why virtualbox?
By pel
What that means is that I automatically get updates to VirtualBox whenever I update the system. It was no big deal for me - I have no need to interact with others right now; it also helps that VirtualBoxis a quite polished product that ...
random bits - http://pelthestout.blogspot.com/

Themers Toolbox #2: browser hell | morten.dk
By mortendk
The mac is superiour (as we all know ) but we need a little help when it comes to other OS. Downloadvirtualbox. Get the free virtualbox its great, and if you only need to check your webpages then these wont kill you mac with an absurd ...
morten.dk - Rockmusicians get... - http://morten.dk/

Bits By The Pound » Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu
By jpfiset
sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $0 non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list' `lsb_release -cs` > wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo ...
Bits By The Pound - http://www.bitsbythepound.com/

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:08 PM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

October 25th, 2009

Rusty Razor Blade » Blog Archive » VirtualBox – SSH'ing into a VM ...
By jon
When creating a new VM through VirtualBox, you might have a problem SSH'ing into the box. You also might notice you get a 10.0.x.xx type address, even though the rest of your network is a 192.168.xx.xxx deal. ...
Rusty Razor Blade - http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/

Need Help Installing Whs As Guest In Virtualbox - We Got Served Forums
I am running windows 7 and have virtualbox installed. I have a copy of WHS and would like to install it in virtualbox to get a feel for whs and see if i like it. If i like it i will be buying and building a server, but right now i dont ...
We Got Served Forums - New Posts - http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php?/user/39031-12341234/

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM by TheFatBloke from VirtualBox Buzz

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