>>> Download the results of our tutorials as VMware images (where available). <<< I am trying to understand what this service is exactly. The VMware image is a zipped file that if extracted on a server will work as if I had made the installation myself, step by step as described in the tutorial? When you say: >>> If you have the free VMware Server or Player installed, you can import our VMware images and start playing around with the results of our tutorials immediately. It's a great way to track down problems with your own setup or simply to safe time. ;-) <<< The VMware Server is some kind of simulator (like Xampp), so I can turn my local pc into a server that can also run the VMware images?
Partly correct! But: Xampp isn't simulate an Server , it is a full capable Webserver with Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl running on Windows Operating System while VMWare is an Virtual Machine which also runs not directly under the PC OS, it uses an separately installed OS which could be Windows, OS-X or whatsoever! Same applies for Virtual Box from Oracle. VMWare also has the ability that you could install in that same environment different OS's at the same time and also run simultan together. Personally I don't like VMWare!
It does not sound like I want to mess with WMWare. The only useful thing would be if I could take this image, upload it to a VPS and save myself the lengthy installation (like this one: The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-12.04-lts-apache2-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3). Does it work this way, or should I drop this idea?
As I wrote in the other thread, wait for the staff to be online, they could give you a better answer than I! Sorry.
