Tuesday, September 26, 2006

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.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

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.

Monday, September 18, 2006

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

Saturday, September 16, 2006

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

Monday, September 11, 2006

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

Saturday, September 09, 2006

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.

Friday, September 08, 2006

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
Download

Thursday, September 07, 2006

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.