Tweaking browser appliance

August 2, 2007

Found a handy document on tweaking the browser virtual appliance: http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/vmware/batweaks.php

Among other stuff, it covers:

  • Enabling FireFox updates
  • Discard changes after shutdown
  • Sharing files between appliance and host
  • etc…

Helix virtual appliance

August 1, 2007

Am trying out the Helix virtual appliance, which is a pre-installed Ubuntu Breezy (5.10) with SVN and Trac. Here’s a nice walkthrough: http://www.geocities.com/toepfer_c/helix


LAMP Virtual Appliance

June 19, 2007

This is a LAMP VM that’s certified by VMWare: http://www.virtualappliances.net/products/lamp.php

Default username/password is root/root.