Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’

I Love VirtualBox

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Sun’s VirtualBox is a tool I’ve come to rely on for virtualization, and I seriously rely on virtualization.  What is virtualization and why do I rely on it so much?   Virtualization, in the most basic possible sense of the not-really-a-word, is a method of running one or more operating systems inside another wholly separate operating system.  I rely on it so much, because honestly, I have multiple geek personalities to deal with.  One of me has a long history of geeking out to windows tech and is an avid gamer so it is essential to my computing well-being that I keep a decent Windows-based PC around.    Yet, another me has hefty development interests Linux and Open-source technologies.  I don’t see that changing anytime soon, and I have a lot of work ahead of me to bring those skills on par with my lengthy experience in Microsoft technology.  Furthermore, I’m certain there are me’s out there that I haven’t even met yet.

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