This beginner's guide consists of comprehensive explanation, appropriate screenshots, tips, tricks, and best practices. It offers step-by-step instructions on building your own virtual environment from scratch, supported by the reasoning behind what you do. If you are a System Administrator who has to set up a virtual machine and want to use an open source tool to do it this book will prove invaluable. No prior knowledge of VirtualBox is required, but you should have experience with general system administration.
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Alfonso Romero
Alfonso Romero is a freelance computer consultant and translator from Mexico. He's been working with Linux and open source software since 1999. He started operating his first web server (Apache) from a PC at home, offering free hosting services to experiment with Postfix, Squirrel Mail, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, and Virtual Hosting. Since then, he's been working as a computer consultant for several clients in Mexico - writing Java, C++, and Web applications. Since 2000, he has worked for Pearson Education in Mexico as a computer books freelance translator and consultant. His latest book translations are the Spanish versions of Java How to Program, Seventh Edition, from Deitel & Deitel, and C++ How to Program, Sixth Edition, also from Deitel & Deitel. Al enjoys writing tutorials and teaching about Java, C++, PHP, the Apache Web server, Tomcat, MySQL, Web applications like Apache Roller, and all of the wonderful open source applications used today, and when he's not experimenting with new trends in Open Source applications, he enjoys playing his electric guitar..
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Alfonso Romero is a freelance computer consultant and translator from Mexico. He's been working with Linux and open source software since 1999. He started operating his first web server (Apache) from a PC at home, offering free hosting services to experiment with Postfix, Squirrel Mail, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, and Virtual Hosting. Since then, he's been working as a computer consultant for several clients in Mexico - writing Java, C++, and Web applications. Since 2000, he has worked for Pearson Education in Mexico as a computer books freelance translator and consultant. His latest book translations are the Spanish versions of Java How to Program, Seventh Edition, from Deitel & Deitel, and C++ How to Program, Sixth Edition, also from Deitel & Deitel. Al enjoys writing tutorials and teaching about Java, C++, PHP, the Apache Web server, Tomcat, MySQL, Web applications like Apache Roller, and all of the wonderful open source applications used today, and when he's not experimenting with new trends in Open Source applications, he enjoys playing his electric guitar.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good option for virtualization beginners,
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This review is from: VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
If you're just getting started with desktop virtualization and would like a step-by-step guide to get started, this book may be a great resource for you. It helps you learn by doing, with instructions and screenshots showing you how to do everything from creating your first virtual machine to reverting to a snapshot to remove unwanted changes. More advanced users may already know most of what this book covers, so again, the title is correct; this book is aimed at beginners. That said, if you've been using virtualization but would like to dig a little deeper, look around the "Look Inside" copy above to see if it covers stuff you'd like to learn.
Please note: I read the PDF ebook version of this book available directly from the publisher, but the contents are the same as this version. Unfortunately, there's not a Kindle version avilable, but you can always get this PDF version if you'd rather read the book on your computer or eReader device (and save a little money). For more info, check out my full review at [...].
4.0 out of 5 stars
Foolproof guides to understand the basics of virtualization,
This review is from: VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
If you ever wonder what VirtualBox is or want to use VirtualBox as your virtualization solution, this book is recommended for you!
The book starts with a clear introduction and continues with hands-on, detailed step-by-step instructions on how to setup virtual machine running both Ubuntu Linux and Windows 7. The instructions are descriptive, easy to follow, and supported by a rich set of screen captures. It continues with two important aspects of virtualization: data handling and networking. Both guides come with exemplary examples which you would typically encounter in the real world. While the next chapters on appliance and remote management are probably not something what a VirtualBox beginner would need very soon, they are very handy and provide nice stepping stones towards becoming an expert. A very nice book!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Beginner's Guide for those who have not used VirtualBox,
By Greg Duncan (Simi Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
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The book takes you from download to being productive with Sun's/Oracle's VirtualBox. Each chapter builds on the previous and not only walks you through each topic area step by step but also takes a step back and talks about "what just happened." (i.e. it's not a ton of simple screenshots and "click, click, click" instructions but also works to "teach you to fish") Likes One of the things I liked about the book is used a number of techniques to engage the reader and to help get a chapter's point across. For example, an ongoing story/scenario was used to relate a chapter to something that might have, or will, happen to you "in the real world." This made the reading more engaging, applicable and much less dry. It also took you beyond what you might read online (via wiki's, VirtualBox doc's, etc). That was one of my questions when first getting the book. What will this teach me that I couldn't just look up online? How is the price of the book versus the tons of free online information? The problem is that the "tons of online information" is really "crud loads of data." It's up to the reader to turn it into "information" and then wisdom. This book jumpstarts your drive to VirtualBox wisdom, helping you better "know what you don't know." It's a Beginner's Guide, so you'll not walk away a VirtualBox Zen Master, but you WILL be on the path towards becoming one... (especially if you were like me and hadn't ever installed or used VirtualBox) Improvements What did I think could be improved? Well I live in a mostly Microsoft world... So I wish there had been a little more coverage there. For example, Microsoft makes a number of it's trial products available as VM's. I would have liked to see some guidance/help/information on taking an existing Virtual PC 2007/Windows Virtual PC/Hyper-V VHD and converting it VirtualBox. Also I'd have liked to see why VirtualBox is better than the Windows Virtual PC that I already have. Something simple, a side-by-side chart would do. Just something to help me get over the concern of having two VM systems in place on the same machine (Windows 7 Virtual PC and VirtualBox). What did I learn? So did I actually apply anything I read in the book? You bet! Just yesterday, I used this book to help me resolve an issue my son and I were having with a legacy game what wouldn't run well on Win7 x64 (nor in Windows Virtual PC). After reading this book and finally having my eyes opened to the capabilities of VirtualBox, it seemed well worth the effort to try to resolve this long standing issue. So I downloaded the latest version of VirtualBox and was able to very quickly, because I already had exposure to, and a basic understanding of from my reading, get a VM created, storage added, settings configured, tweaked and VM shared. In the end I was able to be a Tech Hero to my son because I was finally able to get the game he's wanted to play for months now working on his notebook. All because of this book (and VirtualBox)... I'll call that a win! Final Thoughts In the end, one thing to remember is the subtitle "Beginner's Guide"... It's not Level 400 material, but then again it's not supposed to be! It's a guide to take the VirtualBox uninitiated and get you working and productive with it with no fuss, muss or tears. Would I recommend a friend or coworker buy this book if they wanted to learn about VirtualBox (even if they lived in a mostly Microsoft world)? Oh yeah, no question about it. Matter of fact I AM going to be recommending it to a number of coworkers whom I know are VirtualBox users... ;)
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