To run Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine, you need a computer that supports virtualization, the latest version of VMware Workstation Player, a four-core processor, 4GB to 8GB of RAM, and at least ...

Before buying a Mac and switching full-time to Apple’s platform, I had already deserted Windows for Linux. To this day, I’ve always got at least one Linux distro ready to go on my Mac in a virtual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover how technology helps business compete. That news is being augmented today with a joint announcement from VMware and ...

Ubuntu Server will be one of the first operating systems offered to customers of VMware’s infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud, with OS images that should be portable across clouds operated by ...

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 as a virtual machine (VM) on ESXi is a relatively simple process, provided you know how to work around some of the "gothcas" that can complicate the process. In this article, I ...

Canonical, the Europe-based commercial Ubuntu vendor, has released an optimized version of Ubuntu for VMware virtual appliances. It’s called “Ubuntu JeOS edition” — the JeOS refers to the VMware ...

Back about this time of year in 2009, I wrote a post that's remained a venerable favorite. Entitled "How to set up Ubuntu Linux on a Mac -- It's Easy and Free," the post described in full detail how ...

Both Ubuntu and VMWare recently released upgrades — Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" is available for download and VMWare Fusion 1.1.2 is also out. The problem is that the two don't play well together. It ...

ALL MAJOR CONSUMER operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, are way too easy to hack. One mishap — opening the wrong email attachment, installing malware that pretends to be Flash, ...