VMWare Player with Ubuntu and Firefox
December 12th, 2005
You can now get a Browser Appliance Virtual Machine for VMWare Player. It’s free and gives you a virtual machine with Firefox running on Ubuntu Linux 5.10.
According to VMWare the Browser Appliance will:
- Protect Against Adware and Spyware: Users protect their PCs against adware, spyware and other malware while browsing the Internet with Firefox in a virtual machine. The Browser Appliance leverages virtual machine isolation capabilities to prevent malware downloaded in the browser from propagating to the normal desktop.
- Safeguard Personal Information: The Browser Appliance can be configured to automatically reset itself after each use so personal information is never stored permanently.
VMWare Player is 30MB and the Browser Appliance is another 250MB. I can’t see much benefit for people who just want to browse unless your really paranoid but it’s quite a cool way of testing out Linux for free without any risk to your computer. Some other community virtual machines are also available.
Just tried the Browser Appliance and it is pretty immense.
Via Asa.
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You can get an Ubuntu VM here so you can try out Ubuntu without risk, have the coolness of VMWare and you shouldn’t lose your work or programs like you would with a live CD.
FYI, the default root password is "ubuntu" on the VM. I couldn’t find it on Google so I ended up making educated guesses