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How to convert a VMWare vmdk appliance to VirtualBox vdi

There are loads of ready-built appliances for VMWare in .vmdk format but I use VirtualBox and there is never a release in .vdi form to be found. I’ve heard that virtualbox will run the vmware images… but is that true?

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Start Headless vbox on windows

This post is out of date. So I updated it. See the Windows 7 way to run virtualbox machines headless I keep forgetting this simple little line to start a virtualbox so that it behaves like a remote server (ie … Continue reading

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VMWare vs VirtualPC vs VirtualBox

As you may know I’ve recently discovered Virtual Machines. It all started with a LAMP Appliance on the VMWare Player. But you can’t create a windows machine with the player, so VirtualPC got a look. But then I heard VirtualBox … Continue reading

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VMWare Rocks

I think vmware is fantastic. It allows me to spend vastly less time on indirect tasks – like setting up new development and testing environments – and more time getting the actual things that need to be done, done. Time … Continue reading

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