VMware Server ships as a 507MB Windows executable, a 465MB RPM or a 466MB tarball. Because I'm installing on an Ubuntu machine, I use the tarball. Kicking off the installation is fairly ...

What you’ll need to install VirtualBox 7.0 To install VirtualBox 7.0, you’ll need a running instance of a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and a user with sudo privileges. That’s it.

VirtualBox downloads are available for Windows, OS X and a wide variety of Linux distributions. I am running Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon on my Dell Inspiron 9400 (1.83GHz Core Duo with 1GB of RAM), so I ...

We downloaded the Ubuntu Hardy Heron version of VirtualBox and double-clicked on it in the GNOME interface to install it, and were prompted for the administrative password to confirm.