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I have used virtualization in many different forms, OpenVZ, Xen, VMWare, for a number of years with great success. One thing I have been interested in doing is moving away from all applications that are not OpenSource. So finding a good solution for the Desktop virtualization has been a process.
This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.1.x on a headless Debian Lenny server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment.
VirtualBox 3.2 is released, This release of VirtualBox comes with a lot of new features.For installation via repository follow the instruction in this quick howto.
As a Linux administrator or as as Desktop user, there are times when you would either like to try a different distribution or when you need several test machines that you can blow away when you are done with them.. I have used VMWare with a a lot of success over the years but VirtualBox provides an excellent option that is Open Source.
If you are always in the mood to try other Linux distros or operating systems, you may find this a time-consuming process.So what should you do to save some of your precious time? You may download a VirtualBox disk image (.vdi) file of your preferred operating system. Now, where can you download free VirtualBox images?
Alexander Reichle-Schmehl, a Debian developer who stated Debian's position on Mono in the default Debian install last week, has clarified his statement on the issue in a new posting.
When I last checked Virtualbox did not update their repositories for Hardy Heron, its not a problem, their is a hardy package without a repository...So lets install the brand new virtualbox package for Hardy Heron...
If Synaptic package manager is missing from your Debian installation CD (often occurs when you are installing from the first Lenny CD), read on to add the essential repositories and install Synaptic on your Debian GNU/Linux system.
This really quick and dirty way to create your own Debian or Ubuntu packages can be done by anyone with little previous package creation experience. Even if you've never even compiled an application, I'll show you just how easy it is to download source code, compile the program and bundle everything up in a .deb package you can share with anyone.
