VirtualBox Seamless Mode
Do you feel like trying lots of different distributions? Do you absolutely have to run some Windows application (for example, Visual Studio)? Then maybe virtualization is the answer for you.
Here’s an article I’ve written for the HAAGA-HELIA Linux Club. This is just the beginning, you’ll find the rest at: http://hhlinuxclub.org/articles/virtualization
Introduction
What is virtualization? Well, in it’s most basic terms it means running an operating system (or part of an operating system) on top of another. Virtualization is typically divided into five different types, which are:
- Full virtualization
- Hardware-assisted virtualization
- Partial virtualization
- Paravirtualization
- Operating System-level virtualization
We’re going to focus on full virtualization in this article. If you really want to learn about the others, please read the Wikipedia page on Platform Virtualization . Something that may interest you is that the server that runs this web-site uses operating system-level virtualization, namely Open VZ.
