Well,visualization seems to getting too much on my mind as I continuously look for a UI tool for Ubuntu.Previously I was using Xen for visualization in Ubuntu but was missing my VMware VM manager.Virtual Box(VB) by Innotek filled this gap by giving me a beautiful deb file for Feisty Fawn.This can be downloaded from Virtual Box Download and installed using the following command:
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox_1.5.2-25433_Ubuntu_feisty_i386.deb
and offf u go....The VM will be bundled up with your menu.However,there is a small catch.You need to be root to create a new VM on your machine.VB generally takes the user type while starting the VM.So start VB using the command:
sudo VirtualBox
This will start the machine with you as the root user.It follows a very simple creation of VM which any one can do,even simpler than VMware.
I had fedora 8 running on my VB and have a screenshot here.It took my network settings automatically and had the internet was up and running instantly there.
So its Fedora 8 on Ubuntu Feisty 7.04.Have fun with it.
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