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VMware Player

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VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software product from VMware, Inc. (a division of EMC Corporation) for personal non-commercial use.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

There are several options for playing a Puppy Linux virtual machine hosted within a Windows environment. These are:
Unlike the other two options, QEMU is able to run from a USB Flash memory drive, making it possible to run a "Portable" Puppy Linux session within another computer. Bear in mind that this implementation can be frustratingly slow to run, even if the host machine has the host accelerator "KQEMU" installed.
This product is the most often cited in the Puppy Linux Forum.
VMware Player is part of a family of virtualization products by VMware.

All of these programs are free for non-commercial use.

Virtual Computing from Both Directions

There is some confusion when reading about virtual computers. The relation of Host and Guest machines must be established before further discussion is possible.

Puppy Linux as Guest

In order to run a Puppy Linux virtual computer within a Windows host using VMware Player, your host computer needs to have the free VMware Player software installed. The installation is pretty simple, and so is not detailed here.


VMware Player for Puppy:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=35356


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