N1LAF
10-20-2012, 05:33 AM
I have been running VMware Player for over a year now, and is something that computer hobbyists should look at, if not already. I have tried both Virtual Box and VMware Player, and VMware player by far is the most capable, trouble free environment.
An offshoot to VMware player, is VMware appliance. VMware appliance provides an isolated environment for a particular application. There is a Firefox Browser Appliance. Description from the VMware website:
The Browser Appliance allows users to securely browse the Internet using Mozilla Firefox. Users protect their PCs against Adware- Spyware and other malware while browsing the Internet with Firefox in a virtual machine. The Browser Appliance leverages virtual machine isolation capabilities to prevent malware downloaded in the browser from propagating to the normal desktop.
Description:
The Browser Appliance is a ready-to-use virtual machine, which allows to browse the Web securely. The Operating System and Browser are encapsulated in a disposable virtual machine. If anything goes wrong, delete and start over again; your underlying Operating System will not be modified.
Highlights:
- Virus-safe Internet browsing with Mozilla Firefox ESR 10
- Experimenting with an Enterprise-class Linux distribution (CentOS 6.3)
- VMware Virtualization: no need to reboot or install anything else than the VMware Player
https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/browser-appliance
Did I mention free for non-commercial use?
You can try out other OS's without the pain of installation. You can move your virtual machine to other computers. Backup is a simple as dragging the folder to a USB drive. If a problem develops with the operating system, copy over with the updated folder from the USB drive.
Virtual Appliances: https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/category_groups/19
VMware Player: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
Many LINUX distributions (Ubuntu, Centos, Open SUSE, to name a few), and UNIX as well, such as OpenSolaris 11.
I downloaded a Windows 8 beta from Microsoft, and installed it on VMware player. Win8 is BLOATED.
An offshoot to VMware player, is VMware appliance. VMware appliance provides an isolated environment for a particular application. There is a Firefox Browser Appliance. Description from the VMware website:
The Browser Appliance allows users to securely browse the Internet using Mozilla Firefox. Users protect their PCs against Adware- Spyware and other malware while browsing the Internet with Firefox in a virtual machine. The Browser Appliance leverages virtual machine isolation capabilities to prevent malware downloaded in the browser from propagating to the normal desktop.
Description:
The Browser Appliance is a ready-to-use virtual machine, which allows to browse the Web securely. The Operating System and Browser are encapsulated in a disposable virtual machine. If anything goes wrong, delete and start over again; your underlying Operating System will not be modified.
Highlights:
- Virus-safe Internet browsing with Mozilla Firefox ESR 10
- Experimenting with an Enterprise-class Linux distribution (CentOS 6.3)
- VMware Virtualization: no need to reboot or install anything else than the VMware Player
https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/browser-appliance
Did I mention free for non-commercial use?
You can try out other OS's without the pain of installation. You can move your virtual machine to other computers. Backup is a simple as dragging the folder to a USB drive. If a problem develops with the operating system, copy over with the updated folder from the USB drive.
Virtual Appliances: https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/category_groups/19
VMware Player: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
Many LINUX distributions (Ubuntu, Centos, Open SUSE, to name a few), and UNIX as well, such as OpenSolaris 11.
I downloaded a Windows 8 beta from Microsoft, and installed it on VMware player. Win8 is BLOATED.