Somebody else's PCLinuxOS Big Daddy VM

I was browsing the VMware site today, and I found a link to a customized PCLinuxOS Big Daddy VM that someone else created. Click here to check it out.

Download PCLinuxOS 0.93a Big Daddy

PCLinuxOS 0.93a Big Daddy VMware VM
Current Version: 1.0.0
Release Date: 9/21/06
MD5SUM: 18f3d02abab24e8012de9f989e14b27b
















OS: PCLinuxOS
Size: 750MB
VMware Tools: Installed
login: vmware
password: vmware
root password: toor

Download: torrent

Description:
This is a VMware VM release from The Canned OS Project.
PCLinuxOS is #7 on Distrowatch.com. PCLinuxOS is based on Mandrake Linux and uses apt-get as its package manager. It's really slick! The Big Daddy Edition is for those who want lots of apps out-of-the-box from their distro.

ReactOS Virtual Machine, Windows without Windows

Today, ReactOS released version 0.3 which coincides with its 10th anniversary. ReactOS is a ground-up implementation of a Windows XP compatible operating system and aims to be complete binary compatible, that is, both application and driver compatible. I never tried ReactOS before, but I found out that they distribute a VMware VM, so I downloaded it and tried it. It boots up really fast, way faster than Windows XP.

Here's a screenshot of the desktop.

ReactOS is still alpha quality, and it isn't a viable replacement for Windows yet, but nonetheless, it's a very interesting project. You can download the VM here: Direct Download

Download Damn Small VM, Distrowatch #6

Damn Small Linux is #6 on Distrowatch. Damn Small aims to be the a very functional live CD while keeping its size to a mere 50MB. I like DSL a lot.

Damn Small Linux releases a VMware VM, but I think it's basically a blank VM that boots up off of their CD iso. It would have been nice if they distributed a VM that's a hard disk install. In any case, here's the Damn Small Linux VM.

Direct Download

Download Fedora Core 5 VM, Distrowatch #3

Here's a link to a Fedora Core 5 VMware VM that I found. Somebody else made it. I haven't tried this VM yet. Let me know what you think.

Size: 976MB

See Info Page for login account and additional instructions.
Download: torrent

Download OpenSUSE VM, Distrowatch #2

I found this link to an OpenSUSE VMware VM that somebody else created. OpenSUSE is currently #2 on Distrowatch.com. I haven't tried this VM myself.

OS: OpenSUSE
Size: 884MB
VMware Tools: Installed
login: opensuse
password: opensuse

Info Page
Download: torrent

Torrent Download for Personal Backup Appliance 1.0.2

The Personal Backup Appliance version 1.0.2 is now also available as a torrent download.

Download: torrent

View: Release Notes

Download SimplyMEPIS 6.0 VM, Distrowatch #4

SimplyMEPIS 6.0 VMware VM
Current Version: 1.0.0
Release Date: 9/9/06
MD5SUM: 2065e33cc5c106601b8307194d7c1201

















OS: SimplyMEPIS 6.0
Size: 801MB
VMware Tools: Installed
login: vmware
password: vmware
root password: toor

Download: torrent

Description:
This is a VMware VM release from The Canned OS Project.
MEPIS is #4 on Distrowatch.com. SimplyMEPIS is the desktop variant of MEPIS.

Download PCLinuxOS 0.93a MiniMe VM, Distrowatch #7

PCLinuxOS 0.93a MiniME VMware VM
Current Version: 1.0.0
Release Date: 9/8/06
MD5SUM: c097da4aee3e08e989106471cfec362b
















OS: PCLinuxOS
Size: 343MB
VMware Tools: Installed
login: vmware
password: vmware
root password: toor

Download: torrent

Discuss this this PCLinuxOS VM, Get Help, and Share Ideas on the Discussion Forums.

Description:
This is a VMware VM release from The Canned OS Project.
PCLinuxOS is #7 on Distrowatch.com. PCLinuxOS is based on Mandrake Linux and uses apt-get as its package manager. It's really slick! The MiniMe edition is a bare desktop, so it's perfect for distribution as a VM.

Download Mandriva VM, Distrowatch #5

Mandriva is #5 on the Distrowatch.com site. You can download a VMware image of Mandriva Linux 2006 directly from Mandriva. I haven't tried this VM, but I'd be interested in knowing what you think about it. Enjoy.

Size: 603MB
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Download Ubuntu VM, Distrowatch #1

I found this link to an Ubuntu Dapper VMware VM that somebody else created. Ubuntu is currently #1 on Distrowatch.com. I haven't tried this VM myself. It's distributed as an rar file torrent download.

OS: Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS
Size: 808MB
VMware Tools: Installed
login: ubuntu
password: ubuntu

Info Page
Download: torrent

Spreading the Linux Distrowatch Love

I'm going to start maintaining a list of VMware VM downloads for the Top 10 distros listed on distrowatch.com so that I can spread the linux love. It's sort of like a one stop shop for downloading the most popular linux distros to try out. If there's an existing VM download, I will link to it. If there isn't an existing VM download, I will create one myself and set up a bittorrent download.