Tutorial

VMware player is a free tool which allows you to run virtual system on host system. See http://www.vmware.com/de/products/player/ Via VMWare player you can run for example Ubuntu (or any other Linux system) under Windows. Vmware will also make your host system available via TCP/IP. Check for the ip-adress with ipconfig in Windows or use the correct command in your host system.

Download VMware from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Install it via clicking the download the following the installation instructions.

Download the latest Ubuntu version from http://www.ubuntu.com/ .

Start VMWare and click "Create a new virtual machine". Select in the dialog the downloaded .iso file from Ubunutu. VMWare should detect the version of Ubuntu you are installing and present a simplified installation process. You only have to specify the user, password and the name of the installation and the rest of the installation will be automatically performed by VMWare.

After the installation procedure you will be able to use Ubuntu directly with the specified user in the VMWare dialog.

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