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VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide

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Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2010

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781847199140

Length 348 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

VirtualBox

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Alfonso Vidal Romero

Alfonso Vidal Romero Elizondo

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

Preface

1. Getting to Work with VirtualBox FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating Your First Virtual Machine: Ubuntu Linux

3. Creating Your Second Virtual Machine: Windows 7

4. Installing Guest Additions and Advanced Settings

5. Storing Data in VirtualBox

6. Networking with Virtual Machines

7. Using Virtual Appliances

8. Managing your Virtual Machines from a Remote Computer

Using Snapshots

Pop Quiz Answers

Index

Chapter 1. Getting to Work with VirtualBox

Hi, and welcome to this book about VirtualBox, the best virtualization software I've ever used! Instead of boring you with a chapter full of theory to explain all the "knicks and knacks" about VirtualBox, I'm going to give you a tiny introduction to virtualization and then jump straight ahead into the installation process, ok?

In this chapter you will:

Learn about virtualization and how you can take advantage of this technology
Learn to install VirtualBox on Windows XP
Learn to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu Linux

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Authors (2)

Alfonso Vidal Romero Elizondo

Alfonso Vidal Romero Elizondo

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Alfonso Vidal Romero

Alfonso Vidal Romero

Alfonso Romero is a freelance computer consultant and translator from Mexico. He's been working with Linux and open source software since 1999. He started operating his first web server (Apache) from a PC at home, offering free hosting services to experiment with Postfix, Squirrel Mail, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, and Virtual Hosting. Since then, he's been working as a computer consultant for several clients in Mexico – writing Java, C++, and Web applications. Since 2000, he has worked for Pearson Education in Mexico as a computer books freelance translator and consultant. His latest book translations are the Spanish versions of Java How to Program, Seventh Edition, from Deitel & Deitel, and C++ How to Program, Sixth Edition, also from Deitel & Deitel. Al enjoys writing tutorials and teaching about Java, C++, PHP, the Apache Web server, Tomcat, MySQL, Web applications like Apache Roller, and all of the wonderful open source applications used today, and when he's not experimenting with new trends in Open Source applications, he enjoys playing his electric guitar.

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