As a person who uses Linux regularly, often I am asked about my opinions about other operating systems, especially those coming from large companies located in Redmond, Washington. Here's the deal.

Before getting started, make sure you have enough space on a hard drive for a Windows XP installation (meaning at least 5 GB) and enough memory to make two systems worthwhile.You can follow most of ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to install the latest major release of the VirtualBox virtual machine manager. VirtualBox 7.0 has finally been released, and this latest iteration brings plenty of new ...

Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try another operating system, or use those one or two apps ...

Syncing your Zune in Mac OS X, running Word in Linux, giving Linux a go within Windows 7: just a few of the things you can do with virtual machines. And setting one up isn’t just easy—it’s free. The ...

If you cannot open the guest session and get a VERR_NOT_FOUND VirtualBox error, follow the tips, solutions, and workarounds mentioned below. Check if “VBoxGuestAdditions.iso”n exists Insert Guest ...

Data center managers, add this VirtualBox efficiency tip to your bag of tricks by simply following the steps to set up shared folders between VirtualBox host and guest. If you use VirtualBox in your ...