After faced few issues and seen similar stories on web regarding Gnome shell in Fedora 16 with Oracle VirtualBox, I decided to publish this guide. This step by step guide shows how to install Fedora 16 in local virtual hard disk, install guest additions and get gnome shell inside VM. If you are interested in [...]
Install Fedora 16 VirtualBox Guest Additions and Get Working Gnome Shell Inside Virtual Machine
November 30, 2011 By 11 Comments
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 11.10 – 2D and 3D Unity [Issues]
October 31, 2011 By 7 Comments
The latest Ubuntu 11.10 is released few weeks ago and having plenty of good reviews with claiming that this is the ever best Ubuntu release. I do not use Ubuntu OS, but whenever latest versions are released, I install them on VirtualBox or VMware to update my blog. Here is the small guide about install [...]
[Guide] Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on VirtualBox with Windows 7 and Intel PC
September 26, 2011 By 81 Comments
Finally I managed to find out the working method to install and run latest Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on Oracle VirtualBox with normal Intel computer. The main issue every hackintosh users faced with Lion, is the boot loader to start the installation in normal PC or in any desktop virtualization software. Here I explain [...]
Oracle Virtualbox Extension Pack 4.1 and 4.1.2 – Download and Install
September 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
Whenever you upgrade the latest VirtualBox release, you should consider to upgrade the extension pack also manually. The normal program installation package is not having extension pack, therefore you have to manually download the correct version and install. Here is the link to download Oracle VirtualBox extension Pack 4.1 and 4.1.2 from official site and how to [...]
Linked Clone in VirtualBox, What is it and How to Clone Virtual Machine?
September 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
Cloning is one of the important feature every virtualization software must have. Oracle VirtualBox started to carry this feature from latest major release 4.1. This article explains about clone especially linked clone in VirtualBox and how to clone virtual machines. Oracle’s powerful open source desktop virtualization software VirtualBox came up with new features in major [...]
How to Get Working Fedora 15 Gnome 3 Shell in VirtualBox
August 16, 2011 By 6 Comments
The latest Gnome 3 shell in Fedora 15 is supported from VirtualBox 4.0.8 and later versions. Gnome 3 is a different and enhanced desktop environment which gives totally new working experience with applications and tools in fedora OS. I had problem in getting this latest shell inside VirtualBox virtual machine, but later found out the [...]
[Guess] VirtualBox 4.0.12 Supports Lion OS X Guest?
July 16, 2011 By 3 Comments
Oracle VirtualBox 4.0.12 is out and available for download. I have already covered the next major version 4.1.0 which is still a beta version, but surprisingly Oracle released the other stable version in 4.0 series. Does this VirtualBox 4.0.12 support Lion OS X guest?, why I’m telling this? their first point fixed/added in this version [...]
What’s New in VirtualBox 4.1.0 – Cool Features [Major Release-Beta]
July 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
VirtualBox is one of my favorite desktop virtualization software. Oracle is getting ready to release the next major updated version of this product, as of today it is in beta stage but having some cool features. You want to know what’s new in VirtualBox 4.1.0?, keep reading. The free and open source software VirtualBox 4.1.0 [...]
