This Ubuntu 10.10 VMware appliance (http://www.trendsigma.net/vmware/ubuntu1010.html) can be run in a window of your Linux or Windows host. For doing so, it is necessary to have the free Player (http://www.trendsigma.net/vmware/vmwareplayer.html) or alternatively the Workstation from VMware. There is also the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat image (http://www.trendsigma.net/vmware/ubuntu1010t.html) with VMware Tools ready for downloading.