Operating system: operating system (OS) is software, consisting of programs & data, that runs on computers, manages computer hardware resources, and provides common services for execution of various application software.
Os is the most important type of system software. Without an os, a user cant run an application program on their computer unless the application program is self booting.
VIRTUAL MACHINE:
Its a completely isolated guest os installation within your normal host operating system.
Definition:
A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine that executes programs like a physical machine.
These are of 2major categories
System virtual machine:
It supports the execution of a complete OS.
Process virtual machine :
Designed to run a single program, it supports a single process.
Advantage of a virtual machine :
software running inside is limited to the resources and abstractions provided by the virtual machine . it cant break out of its virtual world.
os can also be defined as “ efficient, isolated duplicate of a real machine”.
Installation wizard for vmware player :
Step1: open vmware
Step2: click next
Step 3: click on vmware icon on desktop
Step 4: click on create a new virtual machine
Step5: browse and select os what you want to use in virtual machine
Step7: windows and fedora both at a time you can even try
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