Category Archives: vm

Macbook Pro 15″ i5 Unibody Upgrades

I’ve finally purchased a MacBook Pro, and things are going pretty well. Most of my work these days involves using servers for heavy lifting, but I still use Windows 7 from time to time, and Lightroom 3 almost all the … Continue reading

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Windows Home Server in VMware Fusion 3

I set off on a quest to get the home backup / media server / remote access solution Windows Home Server with Power Pack 3 running inside of VMware Fusion 3 running on top of Apple OSX Snow Leopard (10.6). Continue reading

Posted in Download, Downloads, Fusion 2.0, Mac Pro, OSX, RDP, VMWare, VMware Fusion, Virtual, Virtualisation, Windows Home Server, Windows Server 2003, apple, boot from cd, fusion, iMac, mac, macintosh, os x, software, virtualization, vm, windows | Leave a comment

Novell to Acquire Platespin for 205M

More purchases and conglomeration on the way this year. The buzz at VMworld Europe, before it has even started, is that Novell is to purchase Canadian data center management software company Platespin. Novell has now posted the news on their … Continue reading

Posted in Data Center, Novell, Platespin, Sitescape, SuSE, VMWare, gnome, linux, software, virtual machines, vm | 1 Comment

The 10 Best VMware Virtual Appliances

This list is subjective, and you’ve been warned! All of these virtual appliances have been tested with ESX server, and may have issues elsewhere. For appliances that needed it, I used VMware Converter, the version that ships with Virtual Infrastructure … Continue reading

Posted in Adsense, Appliances, Astaro, ESX, FreeBSD, Joomla, NagiOS, Nostalgia, OpenBSD, OpenSuSE, PHPMyAdmin, SNMP, Trac, VI, VI Client, VMWare Server, Virtual Center, Virtualisation, Wiki, linux, software, ubuntu, vm, wordpress | Leave a comment

Learning VMware ESX 3.5 on the Cheap

Lately I’ve been scouring the web for used gear because there seems to be an influx of incredibly powerful stuff at amazing prices. This all came about with me wanting to learn ESX 3.5, and needing the hardware as well … Continue reading

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