Virtual Machines

Virtual machines and emulators are programs that acts like a whole computer. This way, you can run an entire operating system inside a window - and the operating system will just think that it is running un its own, real computer. That has some practical advantages. For example, it is possible to run our Linux based "Polippix" CD on a Windows computer without leaving Windows. It is also possible to run Windows inside a single window on a Linux computer, or a Mac. Or, you can run programs for a completely diffent platform - e.g. to play old Commodore 64 games.

Emulating for Security

One good use for emulators is to enhance privacy. By running suspicious programs inside an emulator, it will be more difficult for those programs to access data on your hard drive (unless you allow them access).

Virtual Machines

Qemu is a Open Source emulator, running on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris. It is able to run both single programs and whole operative systems, and it can emulate several processors. Qemu for Windows is included on this CD and can run Polippix.
If you want to run the downloaded Polippix image from a windows command prompt, you can write:
```
	qemu.exe -L . -m 260 -cdrom polippix.iso  -localtime
	  
```
the "-m" option tells how many MBytes Qemu is allowed to use.
VMWare is not Open Source, but does have a freeware client that is able to run the Polippix.

Virtual Machines

Emulating for Security

Virtual Machines

Polippix in QEMU