Comments on: Download Large Collection of Pre-built VMware Virtual Machine Images for Free http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/large-collection-pre-built-vmware-virtual-machine-images-download/ Share Knowledge & Be Rewarded Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:02:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: milly http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/large-collection-pre-built-vmware-virtual-machine-images-download/comment-page-1/#comment-358 milly Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:04 +0000 http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/large-collection-pre-built-vmware-virtual-machine-images-download/#comment-358 Unknown to a lot of people, VMware actually has a place (called "Virtual Appliances Marketplace") where you can download pre-built and pre-configured VMs with many applications choices. (Mostly for free) <blockquote>Virtual Appliances are pre-built software solutions, comprised of one or more Virtual Machines that are packaged, updated, maintained and managed as a unit. Unlike a traditional hardware appliance, these software appliances let customers easily acquire, deploy and manage, pre-integrated solution stacks. This speeds up time to value and simplifies software development, distribution, and management.</blockquote> All these images will run in VMware products such as Player, Server, Workstation. You can access the marketplace @ https://www.vmware.com/appliances/ In addition, here are some popular open source OS in VMware that you can download directly for FREE: FreeBSD 8.0 RC3 Linux Mint 7 Fedora 11 GNOME Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Ubuntu 9.04 Server Kubuntu 9.04 Desktop Backtrack 4 Beta Debian 5.0 GNOME Desktop Debian 5.0 Server Debian 4.0 Server Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Ubuntu 8.10 Server Ubuntu 8.04 Server Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop Xubuntu 9.04 Desktop Kubuntu 8.10 Desktop Kubuntu 8.04.1 Desktop Mandriva Linux One 2009 openSUSE 11 Desktop CentOS 5.2 Server CentOS 5.2 Desktop CentOS 4.7 Server Fedora 10 GNOME Deskto Fedora 10 KDE Desktop Fedora 9 Desktop Backtrack 3 FreeBSD 6.4 FreeBSD 7.1 DesktopBSD 1.6 Get the above OS from: http://linhost.info/vmware/ <strong>Updated 11/22/09:</strong> Here is another VM images repository http://bagside.com/bagvapp/ Unknown to a lot of people, VMware actually has a place (called “Virtual Appliances Marketplace”) where you can download pre-built and pre-configured VMs with many applications choices. (Mostly for free)

Virtual Appliances are pre-built software solutions, comprised of one or more Virtual Machines that are packaged, updated, maintained and managed as a unit. Unlike a traditional hardware appliance, these software appliances let customers easily acquire, deploy and manage, pre-integrated solution stacks. This speeds up time to value and simplifies software development, distribution, and management.

All these images will run in VMware products such as Player, Server, Workstation.
You can access the marketplace @ https://www.vmware.com/appliances/

In addition, here are some popular open source OS in VMware that you can download directly for FREE:

FreeBSD 8.0 RC3
Linux Mint 7
Fedora 11 GNOME
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
Ubuntu 9.04 Server
Kubuntu 9.04 Desktop
Backtrack 4 Beta
Debian 5.0 GNOME Desktop
Debian 5.0 Server
Debian 4.0 Server
Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop
Ubuntu 8.10 Server
Ubuntu 8.04 Server
Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop
Xubuntu 9.04 Desktop
Kubuntu 8.10 Desktop
Kubuntu 8.04.1 Desktop
Mandriva Linux One 2009
openSUSE 11 Desktop
CentOS 5.2 Server
CentOS 5.2 Desktop
CentOS 4.7 Server
Fedora 10 GNOME Deskto
Fedora 10 KDE Desktop
Fedora 9 Desktop
Backtrack 3
FreeBSD 6.4
FreeBSD 7.1
DesktopBSD 1.6

Get the above OS from: http://linhost.info/vmware/

Updated 11/22/09:
Here is another VM images repository
http://bagside.com/bagvapp/

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