I agree that VirtualBox is the easiest and probably best. It is straightforward. You can install it from the repositories or from VirtualBox (slightly newer), but the trick is to go to System| Administration| Users and Groups and add yourself as a user for the Vboxusers group.
Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ----- Original Message ---- From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 3:44:29 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] LINUX and virtual machines On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:51:50PM -0000, aronnewsome wrote: > I need to know if there is a free virtual machines that I can use and > how to install it. I am new to linux so I don't know how to use the > terminal that well. At present, the three most popular are KVM, VirtualBox and VMware. I have a rather subjective comparison at http://home. nyc.rr.com/ computertaijutsu /vmcomp.html VirtualBox is probably the easiest to install. They have reasonably good documentation and there are many howtos all over the net. There is very little that has to be done from the command line. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Riley: Way I heard it. You were all peaceable now. You didn't by any chance go and lose that pesky soul again, did you? Angel: Don't push me, boy. Riley: Now what possibly could've happened with Buffy that would make you lose your soul? Angel: That'd be between me and her. Riley: Where do you think you're going? Angel: Going to see an old girlfriend. __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
