virtualbox post

I'm way too enamored of <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx">Windows  7</a> to consider wiping it off and replacing it with <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download">Ubuntu Lucid Lynx</a>. However, I'd read lots of good things about it and wanted to see/feel the changes firsthand. The next best solution for me was to install Ubuntu in <del>Sun</del>Oracle's <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads">VirtualBox</a> software. I've always found VirtualBox friendly to use, but realize that that might not be the case for everyone. So, I created this long-ish video showing you how to install Ubuntu as a Virtual machine in VirtualBox from a .iso file. Ingredients for doing this:
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<li> ~ 1 hour to spare.</li>
<li>Make sure you've downloaded the .iso files for the operating system you'd like to test out. Visit <a href="http://distrowatch.com/">DistroWatch</a> for a selection of OSes to pick from.</li>
<li>Install VirtualBox</li>
<li>Watch my video called "<a href="http://blip.tv/file/3735566">32-bit Ubuntu on Oracle VM VirtualBox</a>" on the <a href="http://janetalkstech.blip.tv">Jane Talks Tech! channel on BlipTV</a> and on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV23KKsCKn4">Youtube as well</a> (embedded below).</li>
<li>The same video is up on  <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jane-Talks-Tech/126384960722359">the Facebook page for Jane Talks Tech!</a> (janetalkstech.com).</li>
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