Introduction

VMware is well known and has a reputation for ease of use. Many of its core products are free of charge (but not open source).

With an AMD x86_64 Ubuntu OS as host, it is necessary to install ia32-libs prior to using it.

• VMware Workstation Player is the most basic version of VMware available. It's designed to play existing VM images. There are many existing, downloadable images for free Operating Systems.

• VMware Workstation is more advanced, and includes a built-in VM creator, as well as the ability to capture an OS snapshot at any point in time. With VMWare Workstation you can also use an existing physical partition as a virtual machine. VMware workstation requires a paid license to use.

Installing Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine

• Download an Ubuntu .iso image.
• Create a new VM from VMware booting from the .iso

Installing VMware Tools

The VMware Tools can be installed on an Ubuntu guest VM to improve its performance. See VMware/Tools for instructions.

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