Parallels Workstation: free license for Linux and Windows

The virtualization software are taking place in a very aggressive in the landscape of information technology so that, according to some, will be destined to revolutionize the very way of benefiting from a computer, is intended to constitute more and more as a "host". Virtualization fact introduces considerable advantages over the normal use of an operating system installed on a physical machine, including:

• "Portability" means a virtual machine is portable and runs on any computer that has installed the software virtualization
• "Security" means a virtual machine is still quite isolated from the physical machine on which it runs, so the risk of impairment of the latter are practically zero
• "Maintainability": each virtual machine, if necessary can be eliminated in the same manner in which you delete a simple file and recreated from scratch without any problem of formatting, partitioning, etc.

Parallels Workstation is an established software virtualization (like VMware and VirtualBox) available for Windows and Linux; There is also Parallel Desktop, ad hoc version for the Mac world, widely used for the integrated management of native Windows applications.

The strengths of Parallels Workstation can be summarized as follows:

• Ease of installation and use, the control panel is easy to use motion also for the less experienced user
• High performance: running virtualized applications at speeds very close to the real
• Flexibility: works on all x86-based operating systems (Linux, Solaris, Windows, OS / 2)
• High stability: the technology "Lightweight hypervisor" allows virtual machines to directly access the hardware resources of the physical machine while maintaining an elevated level of stability and security

Parallels Workstation is normally distributed only with the business license at a price of $ 50, but there is a possibility (to date) to obtain a full license and unlimited free legally. Here's how:

1. Go to page http://www.parallels.com/getkey/lunarp/ and enter the data for recording (be careful to provide a valid email address);
2. After you have confirmed your registration you will be presented to the download page: download version of Parallels Workstation on your operating system (Windows or Linux);
3. You will receive an email address specified during registration, containing the activation key;
4. To install Parallels ignoring the request to register (you have to select the button "Skip registration") and enter the activation key when prompted.

via Raymond.cc