Software for having virtual machines

Software for having virtual machines run

1. VMware Player 4.0.2
2. Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1.8
3. Microsoft Virtual PC 6.0.192
4. KVM
5. Ubuntu 11.10 on VM requires at least 4.4GB. Hence, 8GB USB disk is recommended.
6. On VirtualBox Right Ctrl is used to escape mouse pointer from the VM window.
7. Various virtual machines on VMware player can be obtained from http://virtual-machine.org/. Most of usernames are root and tom, and password is tomtom.
8. Oracle VirtualBox and Microsoft Virtual PC seem to run quite fast.
9. In CentOS6.2 need to find flash plug-in for firefox. Note need to log in with root user first.
10. Need to install VirtualBox 4.1.8 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack  to access USB devices.
11. Need to use Virtual Media Manager to release old virtual disks if they are moved to other places.