There are some other benefits to using an OS within a VM, like having a virtual drive that grows and shrinks based on what you need. If I need a bit more oomph, I can reconfigure my VM with more RAM ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a big product day over at VMware, which is expanding its VMware View client for Windows to also deliver virtual desktops over to Mac and Linux. VMware View is a virtual desktop solution for ...

I will turn down free beer software in favor of freedom software when both exist. If you don't know the difference, that's OK. You cannot see the source code for the video drivers from ATI, for ...

Shuttleworth opened quietly enough, saying, "Mission is to remove all the friction from deploying OpenStack. We can deliver OpenStack deployments with two people in less two weeks anywhere in the ...