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VirtualBoxâs Seamless Mode: Combine Two Operating Systems Into One Desktop
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| Installing two operating systems at the
| same time isnât just possible; it can also
| be downright slick. Whether youâre a Mac
| user looking to occasionally use a given
| Windows application or someone looking for
| a risk-free way to try out different Linux
| versions, VirtualBox is the go-to freeware
| platform for virtualization. This program
| allows you to run any operating system in a
| contained, emulated environment.
|
| [...]
|
| Seamless mode is a slick, underexplored
| feature of VirtualBox. Itâs fit into my
| workflow on a regular basis, and can work
| wonders for anyone who needs to run two
| systems at once for any reason.
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/virtualboxs-seamless-mode-combine-operating-systems-desktop/
Virtual Linux
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| There are a number of different ways of
| looking at what makes up virtual Linux for
| a server. There's the budget friendly
| virtual private server (running Linux) that
| provides users with their own
| compartmentalized quasi-dedicated server
| for website use. And then there is a true
| virtual server in which you have a load
| balancer that distributes calls to the
| virtual server by splitting up the load to
| a number of "real" servers.
|
| The first example above is much like a
| virtualized installation of desktop Linux.
| The defining difference is that it's
| designed to emulate a full-blown server,
| rather than simply catering to the needs of
| a single desktop user. This has been known
| to provide cost savings in various ways.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3869621/Virtual-Linux
Swedes serve up flicks with KVM
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| Take Swedish on-demand movie and TV show streaming service
| Voddler, which launched last July. The company put together
| a mix of Windows and Ubuntu servers running without any kind
| of virtualization on the machines, which currently serve up 698
| movies, episodes from 168 TV shows and 188 documentaries, most of
| which are supported through advertising running in the Voddler
| client. From July 2009 through January 2010, Voddler grew to 400,000
| users and has streamed more than one million videos to customers. This
| is clearly the kind of fast-growing workload where server virtualization
| is a must, just to help handle the system and application administration.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/11/voddler_kvm_ucs_xiv/
Recent:
Ulteo Virtual Desktop: Letting Linux Do Windows
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| While Test Center reviewers with Linux knowledge didn't really see the
| usefulness of the application, others with limited familiarity were wowed by
| it. The biggest value of the Ulteo Virtual Desktop is in letting newcomers to
| Linux get acquainted with it in a comfortable, Windows environment. All of
| the included applications are integrated seamlessly, with easy access to the
| Desktop and My Documents folders, as well as network connectivity. Similar to
| the KDE layout, the Ulteo Virtual Desktop's interface is easy to navigate and
| the included array of graphics viewers and editors, multimedia players,
| office-based programs, and utilities are intuitive to those unfamiliar with
| them. Mozilla's FireFox Web browser and ThunderBird mail client are the
| default, as is the Kopete IM client.
|
| Considering that this is not even a version 1 beta, we have high hopes for
| Ulteo Virtual Desktop. It allows Linux novices to dip their toes into the
| water without any fear, and lets Linux pros use their favorite applications
| when they are forced to be in a Windows environment.
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http://www.crn.com/software/208400377
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