VMWare Player is a free software available from VMWare Inc. enabling the creation of guest OS within an existing OS Notes for a beginner ... * VMWare Player and VMWare Server are available for free * A .vmdk file is the virtual hard drive for the guest OS * A .nvram file stores the BIOS settings of the virtual machine * A .vmx file stores the configuration settings for the virtual machine. All you need is a text editor to edit the VMWare configuration settings. * A .vmsd file stores information about VMWare snapshots. (more…)

How to install openSolaris or Ubuntu via Sun's Virtual Box? VirtualBox is a virtualization software offered by Sun under two license categories - open source licence & Personal use and evaluation license. Open source license has some closed-source features and you can read this link to understand the differences between the editions offered. (more…)