Tag: OVA

Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS

Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS User: administrator Password: P@ssw0rd        (please note that’s a zero in P@ssw0rd) Open-vm-tools installed root is NOT configured, to configure root, open terminal and run sudo passwd root

VMware Photon OS 3

Photon OS is VMware’s own version of Linux, optimized specifically to run as a VM. It is very RHEL-Like, so it will be a welcome improvement for VMware users who have been adapting to SUSE in recent years. I DO believe in working AS the root user (instead of all the ‘sudo’ garbage) but I DO NOT believe in allowing
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OVF and OVA formatted Virtual Appliances

The Open Virtual machine Format (OVF) originally came about in 2007 as the result of a proposal by vendors (VMware, HP, Dell and others) to the Distributed Management Task Force (DTMF), the goal being to create an open standard for interchangeability (portability) of Virtual Machines between hypervisors. VMware was an early and enthusiastic adopter of
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