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Alternative to vm player

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  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    Linux would almost certainly not be what you need! But the point of a VM is you can put what you like/are licensed for on it. And there are some wonderful Linux server products that come pre-rolled in turnkey images (drupal, etc included).
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    paddyrg wrote: »
    Linux would almost certainly not be what you need! But the point of a VM is you can put what you like/are licensed for on it. And there are some wonderful Linux server products that come pre-rolled in turnkey images (drupal, etc included).

    yes i understand what they're for, i was wondering if there were alternatives,
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    Sorry mate I am getting confused now! It's a virtual machine, you install on it what you want. Vista, Linux, BeOS, OS2Warp (if you must), XP, Win7, etc. It is an alternative to VPC or VMWare, but unlike those two it'll run on Vista Home Premium (and other excluded/domestic lines) and you can create, not just consume disk images. You want alternatives for running a VM, that's exactly what VirtualBox is :)
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