Introduction

Virtual machines like:

- VMware Player ®
- VMware Workstation ®

enables you to run a 'computer' inside your computer.

To make this work you need to build appliances which works within the vitual machine. This can be done by anyone who has basic knowledge plus documentation for each virtual machine and above all time and patience.

NO dual booting risking your production OS and NO hassle running a LiveCD.

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What users say:

I just wanted to tell you that your VMware Virtual appliances are not only very useful but are the best VMs that I have ever downloaded. Most of them work perfectly without any changes. - Ollie Deex USA

Thanks for your f7.vmx! I'm new to Linux, and now I can play with it without any fear. I'm an embedded systems developer, and my first steps with f7.vmx have been to make cross-compiled kernel. - Ignacio G.T. Spain

Just to say thanks and say it works fine on VMWare fusion on a MacBookPro - Graham Marshall

Thank you, love Ubuntu, and try out the various variants when I can. I appreciate your groups effort. -Michael J. Lee Technical Support Specialist | Dell UK

I happen to be using one of the developed linux appliances on vmware. Thanks so much for the good work. - Ola Ogunade The National Blood Service UK.

Your Xubuntu 7 VM works on Vista! I can see light from the cave of the brutal dictator Microsoft! - Brett Womack, Womack Fabrication USA.

There are some others on vmware, but they arent very good. The others don't work. Thanks again. - TWC USA

Very impressed with your vm implementation. It all works! - Simon Ambridge, uk.fujitsu.com

Great opensolaris vm... worked much better than my ubuntu build for smb filesystem shares. Incidentally, FYI, I ran it with 512MB of mem on an AMD K8 64 HP(ish) machine running XP and it seems to work really well. - Dave E Lloyd

I just wanted to say something nice about your virtual denoam system. I downloaded it and started it in my VMWare Workstation and it works just fine. I am blind and therefore this preinstalled and ready to run vmwares are the best for me to test some things and get a ready to run system and does not need to ask anyone to help me in order to install and configure it - this way I just need to start it and ask someone to help me to login on the console and then install the braille driver package and I am ready to do the rest on my own.
Thanks very much for this great peace of work!
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Thank you so much for your virtual appliances. What a lifesaver. Especially for those that don't behave well when trying to install vmware tools. Thank you.
William Kinser

I was directed to you by a VMWare tech on your ProTech One appliance. He was answering my question about forensics within and on a virtual environment. It was most enlightening.
Harvey Rothenberg, Rothenberg and Assoc., Cleveland-USA

bagluX - Great appliance and my default distro! Keep up the good work.
Shailen Karur - OCLC Online Computer Library Center, San Mateo, CA

Thank-you once again, Backtrack3 and Ubuntu with VMware Tools are great gifts. You have helped many. Brilliant, my dear friend.
sincerely, nantech.eng

Thank you for providing the best virtual appliances on the web. Backtrack3 runs perfectly on vmware workstation 5 on HP6715b laptop.
met vriendelijke groeten,
kind regards,
Johan Ramael
Integrated Quality Networks nv

The programs are perfect!
3RComputerSecurity

I just wanted to say thanks for the Gentoo 2008 appliance. It takes so long to build a Gentoo box. You saved me a lot of time.
Thanks,
Joe Malinosky, Vizioncore.com

The Fedora10p worked wonderfully. I got cmake installed and got all my tools loaded within an hour
Lydia Mattingly, CISSP
Office of the CIO
Senior Security Analyst,
National Nuclear Security Agency

Your VMWare instance saved me hours for some things I wanted try out in Fedora 10.
Rollin Crittendon

I have used your Gentoo 2008.0 appliance a couple of different times. It has worked very well for me and saved me a ton of time. I tried Gentoo from scratch once and it proved to be very time consuming to set up.
Chris Egger

Arch Linux - The appliance runs quite great and I could effortless change my settings (language, locales, etc). Amazing work.
Miguel Marín (FANASA, Mexico)

Virtual Appliance Repository.

This site is dedicated to virtual appliances that we build for you to use FREE of charge (except for Windows 7 RC which is subject to donation). The virtual appliances are generally normal installs of the distro with some changes/updates and customizations by us.

bagvapp wiki.

bagvapps are built for use on MS Windows OS's in general
They also work on Linux distros (Linux host/Linux guest).
We only test on XPSP2-3 and Vista Ultimate.
We allocate between 384-968MB RAM for the appliance.
This mean that you need TWICE as much of physical RAM on your machine
Each appliance needs between 2.0-6.0GB of space on your HD
All our appliances have the latest WMware Tools installed
Ethernet connection is set to NAT unless specified otherwise.
Screen resolution varies but is mostly Dynamic (default=1152x864). Drag the vm-frame to resize.
Some settings can be edited in a normal text editor by opening the *.vmx file
NOTE!! Appliance spec., passwords etc. are included in the compressed download as a README.txt.

IMPORTANT!! Mirroring or direct linking to the appliances on our fileservers is NOT permitted. All links should point to "http://bagside.com ","http://bagvapp.com " or "http://bagside.com/bagvapp "

PLEASE link to us wherever you can. Buttons and banners are available ...HERE...

FEED-BACK!! It would be highly appreciated if you could send us a mail with a short information of the appliance(s) you have tried, how it works and on what platform (host OS and machine) you used. Please contact us at "aakeg@bagside.com" Thank you.

WINDOWS 7RC IMPORTANT!! Due to substantial downloading of Windows 7 RC we will only be offering this appliance to users who have donated a minimum of 10 USD. A separate downloading address is provided by email to donors as soon as their donations has been confirmed. NOTE! Allow for up to 48 hrs delay in dispatching the email. Please use the donation button on this site. Sorry for this but the Windows 7RC appliance was using more than 10 TB of bandwidth per month alone.

Simple How to and Terms of use

1. Download VMware Player (Free of charge) here and install.
2. Download one of the 7zip compressed appliances below or on the right.
3. Create a folder on your harddisk like 'Ubuntu' or 'Fedora' or 'MintLinux' etc.
4. Extract the contents of the compressed file into the folder created.
5. Launch VMware Player and open the *.vmx file.
6. For questions on use of WMware Player and Appliances in general go here..

Our appliances are supplied on an 'as is' basis and we do not offer any support or take any responsibility whatsoever for your installation.

Contact us at "aakeg@bagside.com" if you wish to discuss appliances.

Latest Releases

General
All appliances have been compiled with VMwareTools installed allowing for movement of the mouse freely between host/guest, dynamic screen-resolution, cut/paste and drag/drop between host/guest is tested and works unless otherwise specified. ALL our appliances (bagvapps) are slightly customized with our own wallpapers and desktop set-ups mainly to suit our own taste and for branding.

We test each and every appliance on 2 different computers and 3 host platforms (FSC Scaleo H -Intel D, 3GB RAM with XPSP2-3 and Acer Ferrari Laptop (AMD 64) 1.25GB with Vista Ultimate).

The bagvapps works on VMware Player 2 series and Workstation 5-6 series. We do NOT test on VMware Server or VMware Fusion and if you are not an advanced user you may have problems getting them to work on those platforms.

Windows 7 Ultimate (see notice above) Desktop Preview
RC version (build 7100) of the next OS from Microsoft^®. Standard with latest patches, Opera 10 alpha browser and VMwareTools installed. The physical disk is 30GB whereoff 5.9 GB is used for the appliance. The download is 1.9 GB and RAM set at 888 MB. The beta is valid til March 2010 according to Microsoft. Please study the README.doc inside the package for further information. Works very well here.

bagluX-PE1 Desktop Preview
Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS based remix by bagvapp specifically for Programmers who would like to test applications. The appliance is loaded with IDE's, RAD's, Programmers Editors for C, Phyton, Gtk, .NET, Java and much more. A separate page with screenshots and loads of info has been set-up for you and I need your feed-back if you would be so kind to test it.

READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE...

bagluX-SM1 Desktop Preview
Xubuntu 8.04.1 LTS based remix by bagvapp specifically geared for Stock Markets and Equity traders or users who would like to test applications within this market segment. Why?? Simply because there are very few if any distros or appliances available in this segment and as I work part-time for an Equity fund who solely uses MS Windows for all their/my work I wanted to see if it was possible to create a Linux desktop which could serve me reasonable well. A separate page with screenshots and loads of info has been set-up for you and I need your feed-back if you would be so kind to test it.

READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE...

baglux-KDE4 Desktop Preview
Built from ground up based on Ubuntu 8.10 minimal (10MB). Consequently the following has been installed/compiled and configured from scratch, xorg (manually built xorg.conf), KDE4.2 nightly-build (the latest 2nd of January 2009), gtk2-Qt-KDE4-engine, synaptic, alsa and VMwareTools 7.8.4-126130. This approach gives you a slim, native and unique appliance without the overhead of upgrades and no KDE3. The physical disk is 9GB whereoff 2.3 GB is used. The download is 586 MB and RAM set at 588 MB. Works well here and KDE4 now seriously starts to feel/work like a 'real' desktop....DOWNLOAD

bagluxLE 9.04 Desktop Preview
Originally based on Xubuntu 9.04 beta2 but the XFCE DE has been completely removed and replaced with LXDE 0.3.2.1 (featuring OpenBox). Loads of dev-tools and configuring has been done to provide a fast and lean appliance. VMwareTools are installed of course. The physical disk is 20GB whereoff 2.5 GB is used. The download is 470 MB and RAM set at 512 MB. Works well and is very fast here, although there is a small bug in the mousemovement between host/guest which is a result of the latest xorg/evdev....DOWNLOAD

Ubuntu 9.10 BSE Desktop Preview
This is Ubuntu 9.10 alpha2 bagside edition (BSE) which is fully updated incl. the latest kernel. It features a substantial amount of themes for you to try and in addition you will find, Midori browser, Conky and Screenlets to make the desktop stand out. Claws Mail has replaced Evolution and OpenOffice has been removed in favour of Abiword and Gnumeric. The disk is 40 GB, the appliance takes up 3.9 GB, 612 MB RAM is allocated aand the download is 828 MB. Works perfect here. ...DOWNLOAD

Ultimate Edition 2.2 Desktop Preview
Based on Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) with Gnome 2.26.1 Desktop. Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735. Fully updated 22/06/2009. perhaps one of the most comprehensive Ubuntu remixes around. Fully loaded with applications for media, graphics, Wine etc. and with a substantial amount of themes to try. 688 MB RAM allocated and occupies 7.4GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 1.7 GB. Works nicely here. ...DOWNLOAD

Mandriva 2010.0 alpha Desktop Preview
First alpha of Mandriva 20010.0 with Gnome 2.27.3 Desktop. Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735, kernel-dev, some make-tools and Adobe flash-plugin installed. Fully updated 22/06/2009. Some fixes done to get seamless vmmouse integration and pulseaudio to play nicely . 600 MB RAM allocated and occupies 3.7GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 884 MB. Works nicely here. ...DOWNLOAD

Ubuntu 9.10 alpha Desktop Preview
Alpha build of the next Ubuntu aka Karmic Loala due for final release October 2009. Some build-tools and VMwareTools 7.8.5-16735 has been installed. Vmmouse fixed to work properly with Xorg 1.6. Release date 11/06/2009. The physical disk is 40GB whereoff 2.7 GB is used. The download is 645 MB and RAM set at 600 MB. Uses Kernel 2.6.30-8 and default filesystem ext4. Works very well and at least I can use it for production....DOWNLOAD

Fedora 11 Desktop Preview
Fedora 11 final with GNOME 2.26. Kernel 2.6.29.4-167.fc11. Complete with devel-tools, kernel-devel and VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735 installed. Fully updated 11/06/2009. 688 MB RAM allocated and occupies 3.5 GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 665 MB. Works well here. Study the README carefully please.. ...DOWNLOAD

ArtistX Desktop Preview
ArtistX is aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional. Based on Ubuntu 8.10 it features more than 2500 applications. Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735 and parts of OpenSource VM-tools. Fully updated 04/06/2009. 888 MB RAM allocated and occupies 10 GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 2.6 GB. Works very well here....DOWNLOAD

Linux Mint 7 Desktop Preview
The latest Linux Mint (Gnome edition). Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735. Fully updated 06/06/2009. 588 MB RAM allocated and occupies 3.3 GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 745 MB. Works nicely and is well worth a download. Linux Mint is now ranked 3 on Distrowatch....DOWNLOAD

Ubuntu Studio 9.04 Desktop Preview
Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional. Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735 and ubuntu-restricted-extras. Fully updated 03/05/2009. 688 MB RAM allocated and occupies 4.6 GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 2.1 GB. Works very well here....DOWNLOAD

Super OS 9.04 Desktop Preview
Ubuntu 9.04 based with Gnome 2.26.1 Desktop. Features Wine, Opera, Real Player, Skype, aMSN, Sun Java 6 and more. Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735 and xubuntu-restricted-extras. Fully updated 01/05/2009. 612 MB RAM allocated and occupies 4 GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 793 MB. Works very nicely indeed. Well worth a download. ...DOWNLOAD

Xubuntu 9.04 Desktop Preview
Ubuntu with the Xfce 4.6 Desktop. Complete with VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735, Adobe flash-plugin and xubuntu-restricted-extras. Fully updated 25/04/2009. To solve vmware mouse problems the Debian xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse has been compiled/installed and a full source-code compiling has been done with ALSA 1.0.19 in order to get proper sound which is a real problem in Xubuntu. 588 MB RAM allocated and occupies 3.1GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 558 MB. A nightmare to built as an appliance but the final product here works very nicely indeed. Well worth a download. ...DOWNLOAD

Sabayon 4.1 Gnome Desktop Preview
The Gnome edition of the latest Sabayon (Gentoo based). Complete with source, devel-tools, VMwareTools 7.8.5-156735, Abiword, Gnumeric and Sylpheed mail installed. Fully updated 20/04/2009. 688 MB RAM allocated and occupies 7.3GB of a 40GB dynamic disk. The download is 1.4 GB. Works quite well here. ...DOWNLOAD

centOS 5.3 Desktop Preview
Red Hat Enterprise based with GNOME 2.16 desktop. Installed kernel-devel, cpp, gcc, build-tools and VMwareTools 7.8.4-126130, Adobe flash plugin, Yum-extender, Yum-utils and gtk-murrine-engine and some iconsets. Release date 31/03/2009. CentOS is ranked no.10 on Distrowatch. The physical disk is 40GB whereoff 4.1 GB i used for the appliance. The download is 813MB. Very mature and stable although not bleeding edge. Absolutely top class no doubt. ...DOWNLOAD

PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Desktop Preview
Final version of PCLinuxOS with KDE 3.5.10. Build-tools and VMwareTools 7.8.4-125130 are installed. Release date 10/03/2009. The physical disk is 40GB whereoff 3 GB is used for the appliance. The download is 641 MB and RAM set at 564 MB. Very mature and stable. ...DOWNLOAD

Dreamlinux 3.5 Desktop Preview
Based on Debian 5.0 (Lenny) with GNOME 2.22.3. Released on the 28th of Feb. 2009. The dynamic disk is 40GB and the appliance occupies 4 GB installed and the download is 717 MB. 588 MB RAM is allocated as default. Very popular Brazilian distro with a distinct MAC-look and a Remaster tool. Works well but for me it is quite ordinary and does not offer anything substantial over Debian Lenny. ...DOWNLOAD

Caine 0.5 Desktop Preview
CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is a GNU/Linux Digital Forensics distro for Interdepartment Center for Research on Security (CRIS), supported by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy. Based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 with Kernel 2.6.24-24 and GNOME 2.22.3. Fully updated on the 2nd of March 2009. Released on the 22nd of Feb. 2009. The dynamic disk is 40GB and the appliance occupies 3.5GB installed and the download is 683 MB. 588 MB RAM is allocated as default. Works well....DOWNLOAD

Zenwalk 6.0 RC1 Desktop Preview
Slackware based distro with Xfce 4.6 desktop. Kernel 2.6.28.7. VMwareTools 7.8.4-126130 installed and fixed xorg.conf to work with vmware drivers and modules. Physical disk 40 GB of which 3.2 GB occupied by the appliance. Allocated RAM 544 MB. Releasedate was 28th Feb. 2009 and the download is 606 MB. Zenwalk as always is fast and stable. Good choice generally. ...DOWNLOAD

Bio-Linux 5.0 Desktop Preview
Bio-Linux 5.0 is a fully featured, powerful, configurable and easy to maintain bioinformatics workstation featuring over 500 bio related applications. It is built on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS and sports the Gnome 2.22.3 DE. The disk is 40 Gb (Dynamic) of which the appliance is currently occupying 6 GB and the download is 1.6 GB. Released on the 12th of January 2009. Works nicely and should be ideal for professionals in the filed of bioinformatics. Personally I don't have a clue what these applications are all about so don't ask me :-) ...DOWNLOAD

Arch Linux 2009.02 (KDE 4.2 DE) Desktop Preview
Built from the base-install CD using the ext4 filesystem. Installed Opera 10 qt4 version, Yaourt and VMwareTools. Updated/upgraded fully. Note that Akonadi and nepomuk are disabled as they are still buggy. The disk is 25 Gb (Dynamic) of which the appliance is currently occupying 4 GB and the download is 1.6 GB. Released on the 17th of February 2009. Note that the only user is 'root' with pwd: bagside. I must admit Arch is and has always been one of my favs. It's quick, highly responsive and KDE 4.2 functions beyond my expectations on this Arch version. First KDE 4.2 that really feels like a stable DE. ...DOWNLOAD

Debian 5.0 Lenny - Stable Desktop Preview
The final Debian Lenny with Gnome 2.22.2 DE and kernel 2.6.21.1. Installed dev-tools incl. binutils, gcc and linux-headers plus Abiword, Gnumeric and Claws-Mail. Openoffice and Evolution has been removed (can be reinstalled of course). The disk is 40GB and the appliance occupies 3.2 GB on disk. 688 MB is RAM is allocated and the download is 632 MB. Works nicely here.
...DOWNLOAD

Back|Track 4 - Security Distro Desktop Preview
Back|Track 4 beta, with KDE 3.5.10 Desktop and Kernel 2.6.28.1. Now based on Ubuntu Intrepid. Loads of specialized applications for admins. VMwareTools 7.8.4-126130 installed along with SLIM Login manager, some extra scripts and the gtk-qt-engine. Released 11th Feb. 2009. The appliance occupies 4.2GB of the virtual disk which is 25GB in total. Default RAM is set at 688MB and the download is 839 MB. Regarded as one of the top Security distros. This is a first class release and is stable and excellent on my systems.
...DOWNLOAD

FreeBSD 7.1 Desktop Preview
Standard with the following added, Opera 9.63, MySQL Server Client, Ruby, Apache, Ark, compat6, Nano and a few more plus VMwareTools. Occupies 4.5 GB on disk off a virtual dynamic disk of 20 GB. 644 MB RAM allocated and the download is 904 MB. Works here after some serious tweaking and fixing. I must say that I have still problems getting to grips with all BSD's as VMware guest OS desktops although this is probably the best one I have built so far. Hope you enjoy it as it took almost 3 full days to set it up....DOWNLOAD

nUbuntu 8.10b Desktop Preview
Ubuntu 8.10 remaster loaded with Security tools for Bluetooth, Cisco, Scanners, Password, Exploits, Database, Fuzzers, Enum, VoiP and Wireless. Some build-tools and VMwareTools 7.8.4-125130 are installed. Release date 17/12/2008. The physical disk is 9GB whereoff 2.7 GB is used for the appliance. The download is 566 MB and RAM set at 548 MB. Works very nicely and is fast and very responsive with it's Fluxbox desktop. ...DOWNLOAD

Slackware 12.2 Desktop Preview
The latest Slackware with no less than 3 configured desktops, KDE 3.5.10, FluxBox 1.1.1 and WindowMaker 0.92. Select desktop at the LOGIN screen. Occupies 5 GB only on disk of a virtual dynamic disk of 20 GB. 588 MB RAM allocated and the download is 1.1 GB. Works well here and if you wish to try different Dekstops here is your chance. Enjoyed this myself actually although Slackware means slightly more work when installing VMwareTools etc....DOWNLOAD

Samurai-0.1 Desktop Preview
Security and web penetration test suite based on Ubuntu 8.04
Kernel 2.6.24-21-generic with Gnome 2.22.3 Desktop. Fully upgraded on 08/10/2008. Headers and some dev-tools are installed as well as VMwareTools 6.5-118166. The resolution is DYNAMIC (drag the VMware frame to desired size). Distro release date 10/08/1008. The appliance occupies 3.0GB of the virtual disk which is 14GB in total. Default RAM is set at 548MB and the download is 675MB in total. Works well here. Loaded with intrusion tools: DirBuster, Fierce Domain Scanner, Gooscan, Grendel-Scan, HTTP_Print fingerprinting tool, Maltego CE, Nikto, Paros, Rat Proxy, Spike Proxy , SQLBrute, w3af (and the GUI), Wapiti, WebScarab, WebShag, ZenMap, dnswalk, httping, httrack, john the ripper, netcat, nmap, siege, snarf etc.
...DOWNLOAD

Helix 2008R1 Desktop Preview
Ubuntu 8.04 based Incident Response. Discovery, Forensics and Security Distro
Kernel 2.6.24-21-generic with Gnome 2.22.3 Desktop. Fully upgraded on the 03/10/2008. The source and some dev-tools are installed as well as VMwareTools 6.5-118166. The resolution is DYNAMIC (drag the VMware frame to desired size). Distro release date 23/09/2008. The appliance occupies 2.8GB of the virtual disk which is 14GB in total. Default RAM is set at 568MB and the download is 708MB in total. Works well here. For those of you who wants to use or try applications like Adepto, Autopsy, GtkHash, Linen, Ophcrack etc.
...DOWNLOAD

Gentoo 2008.0
Based on the LiveCD released on the 06/07/2008. Compiled/recompiled/installed kernel 2.6.24-gentoo-r8, kernel-source, Xfce4 (4.4.2), xorg-x11, thunar-volman, thunar-archive, p7z, gentoolkit, xcompmgr, ristretto, mplayer, mplayerplug-in, VMwareTools e.x.p-84113 and some 59 upgrades and fixes. Disksize 12 GB whereoff 5.7 is allocated presently to the appliance. Set at 624MB RAM and the download-size is 1.36 GB. Gentoo has grown on me and I kinda like it these days although the install/building is quite time-consuming as is expected of a truly source-built distro. I have left a substantial amount of applications to be installed by the users themselves so this is a good VM to use for those who really wants to get their hands 'dirty' building their own Gentoo. It is stable and XFCE makes it fast and responsive. ...DOWNLOAD

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