[ Thanks to dmbkiwi
for this link. ]
“Virtualisation is a bit of a buzz word at the moment.
Virtualisation can be used for all sorts of different computing
tasks from server consolidation to cross-platform software
development, to running that one ‘must-have’ app in that
“I-wish-I-didn’t-have-to-use-this-damned-OS’ OS. This howto is more
at the latter end of that scale. It will tell you about some VM
options for linux, and will run you through how to set up a VM and
load an OS in one of the better VM’s–which also just happens to be
open source and free (as in beer) for personal use (more about the
licensing terms later)…”