ThoughtPolice VMware Images

VMware lets you run another computer in your computer. Try out another operating system, test a different platform, preview a new distro. Hopefully this page of VMware images, or "Virtual Appliances" is useful.

These images will work in:

VMware Player free!
VMware Server free!
VMware Workstation 5.5+
VMware ESX 3+/VMware Virtual Infrastructure/vSphere

Get the free VMware Player (or VMware Server, ESX 3, or VMware Workstation)
Download the image you want to use (see the list below)
Unzip it
Load the image in VMware

All of these VMware images are straight installs of the distribution, with all the default options chosen. This means you will be using and American English with anAmerican keyboard. No tinkering was done - this means that no security updates have been applied - so be careful! See the 1 minute HOWTO guide for instructions on changing the language and keyboard, and on applying security updates.
There is also a step-by-step walkthrough on how to create your own VMware image using VMware Workstation.

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CentOS 4.6, server install. Long Term Support (until 2012!) permalink

centos-4.6-i386-server.zip, 471M
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md5sum: a23b88a9db64e3dce27b8b11b02c0cc5
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
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CentOS 4.7, server install. Long Term Support (until 2012!)permalink

centos-4.7-i386-server.zip, 428M
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md5sum: 81eeeb86168a971aed6092b0c041b467
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
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CentOS 4.8, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-4.8-i386-server.zip, 469M
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md5sum: 25dd0d9838cde9840d862c53fd92cd15

64-bit: centos-4.8-x86_64-server.zip, 471M
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md5sum: 3e8627d0b36b2a37db105606b65848ea

CentOS 5.0, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

centos-5.0-i386-server.zip, 400M
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md5sum: 0cbe6c9551d32483e4e84ed0f87f69ee
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
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CentOS 5.1, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

centos-5.1-i386-server.zip, 909M
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md5sum: b082495b1a01a854c88723967e614cd6
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
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CentOS 5.2, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

centos-5.2-i386-server.zip, 908M
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md5sum: 4c31ce20e97de313647a809219788a77
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
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CentOS 5.3, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-5.3-i386-server.zip, 963M
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md5sum: aa9972661a1f6e42b4056a38f0a18854

64-bit: centos-5.3-x86_64-server.zip, 1039M
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md5sum: e3253bcd4c47fe8dc5bbdb4442c08971

CentOS 5.4, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-5.4-i386-server.zip, 965M
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md5sum: 67cae177842ef0533c6ca604cddeec53

64-bit: centos-5.4-x86_64-server.zip, 1038M
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md5sum: d82cbced59652025dc9e51078dd0e39e

CentOS 5.5, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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Note: this image does not include the Desktop group (the earlier CentOS 5.x images erroneously do). If you need it, run yum groupinstall @Desktop.

32-bit: centos-5.5-i386-server.zip, 442M
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md5sum: 88d83680c1388e6e5c15ca855e934bc0

64-bit: centos-5.5-x86_64-server.zip, 478M
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md5sum: be094e47afbb819a9918f4e5340e4f04

CentOS 5.6, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

32-bit: centos-5.6-i386-server.zip, 443M
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md5sum: 5fc8142f42310c88569a81f2a0f3527d

64-bit: centos-5.6-x86_64-server.zip, 456M
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md5sum: 2590006571f52ca00674d20d3b376672

CentOS 5.7, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

32-bit: centos-5.7-i386-server.zip, 440M
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md5sum: 41b7772a174f11934ea8c0b794269bbb

64-bit: centos-5.7-x86_64-server.zip, 466M
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md5sum: 6eba0261e5d3ac235013fcc36bbf4be1

CentOS 5.8, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

32-bit: centos-5.8-i386-server.zip, 472M
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md5sum: af6c0e67d7a5ceb82db75b678b888004

64-bit: centos-5.8-x86_64-server.zip, 510M
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md5sum: 791d89dba8ceeb623efcac3135046041

CentOS 5.9, server install. Long Term Support (until 2014!)permalink

32-bit: centos-5.9-i386-server.zip, 496M
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md5sum: ea0c3245b08ee35a0e0dad69ccc2102e

64-bit: centos-5.9-x86_64-server.zip, 515M
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md5sum: 3cf14a1d0e06ae09d412567db14249ac

CentOS 6.0, minimal install. Long Term Support (until 2017!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-6.0-i386-minimal.zip, 332M
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md5sum: fcbc90d7d7ba0f3f2a4420b52674dfa8

64-bit: centos-6.0-x86_64-minimal.zip, 355M
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md5sum: b1c64790a0f6e8804424c654b15249df

CentOS 6.1, server install. Long Term Support (until 2017!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-6.1-i386-server.zip, 689M
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md5sum: 5336f2eba4bdb0e48fbd10f54c6c9dbe

64-bit: centos-6.1-x86_64-server.zip, 697M
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md5sum: 4522e1fa98d9fdfcb0878cc942340eac

CentOS 6.2, server install. Long Term Support (until 2017!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-6.2-i386-server.zip, 698M
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md5sum: 2682dc37694c1788ff81a0b6f69b1230

64-bit: centos-6.2-x86_64-server.zip, 705M
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md5sum: 6c0f22e36ae9574f45facf47f634eee9

CentOS 6.3, server install. Long Term Support (until 2017!)permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: centos-6.3-i386-server.zip, 572M
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md5sum: 53710fa7f45c106e941a33d3732d914a

64-bit: centos-6.3-x86_64-server.zip, 572M
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md5sum: 10ad2dfb4ce1724597f3e6362712202d

Debian Sarge (Debian 3.1), minimal (netinstall) version. permalink

debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.zip, 115M
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md5sum: a2f41713f9f7407a9a3e43fb27fd2e24
Notes: root password is set at first boot.
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Note: 2.6 kernel chosen, not the default 2.4 kernel.

Debian Etch (Debian 4.0), minimal (netinstall) version.permalink

debian-40r0-i386-netinst.zip, 299M
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md5sum: 2a1cb887f658701c0b1ff095600ee6f9
Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
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Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0), minimal (netinstall) version.permalink

Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
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32-bit: debian-500-i386-netinst.zip, 150M
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md5sum: 35a21a670c680f7fd40da0fd8bb5f3b7

64-bit: debian-500-amd64-netinst.zip, 147M
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md5sum: 4d6d05196d38bc3eb0b47063918fd067

Debian Squeeze (Debian 6.0), minimal version. permalink

Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
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32-bit: debian-6.0.2.1-i386-minimal.zip, 319M
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md5sum: 793b833a2cceb11d8861aedffd79f9d0

64-bit: debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-minimal.zip, 331M
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md5sum: 05fc64a8cb1114d63c0a483cdab2b97f

Debian Wheezy (Debian 7.0), minimal version. new! permalink

Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
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32-bit: debian-7.0.0-i386-minimal.zip, 270M
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md5sum: 347e0604ab489e722822dee64ab8b2a0

64-bit: debian-7.0.0-amd64-minimal.zip, 263M
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md5sum: 084da8918219a0475adda00331dfb9d5

Fedora Core 4 (Stentz), minimal install. permalink

fedora-fc4-i386.zip, 283M
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md5sum: 8e46e5ac5fe813cf83454febed2cfdef
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice". Remember that a standard install means selinux enabled, firewall on.
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Fedora Core 5 (Bordeaux), standard install permalink

fedora-fc5-i386.zip, 977M
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md5sum: 16642a65686a6fb5b283d34e1c359662
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Fedora Core 6 (Zod), standard install permalink

fedora-fc6-i386.zip, 875M
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md5sum: 4e0037f18d4a43b04df33a920c5f751b
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Getting Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! after an LVM error? See here.

Fedora 7 (Moonshine), standard install permalink

fedora-7-i386.zip, 972M
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md5sum: 8e94dd615280c8aa82129c325c6c8add
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Note: Uses the BusLogic SCSI adaptor.
Getting Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! after an LVM error? See here.

Fedora 8 (Werewolf), standard install permalink

fedora-8-i386.zip, 1149M
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md5sum: 102fe7c3b01a22a462f718a3fbc81068
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Note: Uses the BusLogic SCSI adaptor.

Fedora 9 (Sulphur), standard install permalink

fedora-9-i386.zip, 1199M
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md5sum: aad622763be3508a33aa90ea316d49ae
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Note: Uses the BusLogic SCSI adaptor.

Fedora 10 (Cambridge), standard install permalink

fedora-10-i386.zip, 696M
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md5sum: f417a4e0317cfdc0778bfaa484eda38b
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Fedora 11 (Leonidas), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-11-i386.zip, 1219M
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md5sum: 5fd954f77a4bd5d752b49438f51630a9

64-bit: fedora-11-x86_64.zip, 1229M
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md5sum: 33396a7b703ed2db8c05e5ca6080a8d6

Fedora 12 (Constantine), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-12-i386.zip, 1051M
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md5sum: 4a959a99cbac08a10fd12d445664cbae

64-bit: fedora-12-x86_64.zip, 1121M
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md5sum: a0285962e9c444e7c0ff5a20c2a83037

Fedora 13 (Goddard), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-13-i686.zip, 710M
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md5sum: 4164318be15c0090054b0bea05640ae9

64-bit: fedora-13-x86_64.zip, 716M
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md5sum: 0c26e8397a7f47c6f1b0aa5836b51333

Fedora 14 (Laughlin), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-14-i686.zip, 687M
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md5sum: 48e2f08d6f35ff548657b72c83fbea70

64-bit: fedora-14-x86_64.zip, 686M
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md5sum: befa1167796673b763f77e2d3f01bc93

Fedora 15 (Lovelock), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-15-i686.zip, 701M
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md5sum: a1ee9fd7b92d7a905851dfa4c92b101c

64-bit: fedora-15-x86_64.zip, 706M
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md5sum: 625bb079d76597d512eccc223a0be50f

Fedora 16 (Verne), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-16-i686.zip, 749M
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md5sum: b58964f49e585fca817cf5fb72484176

64-bit: fedora-16-x86_64.zip, 753M
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md5sum: 86928563cec4a0d19f579246cc729403

Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-17-i686.zip, 794M
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md5sum: dfc136c3e5c9818de4a483e378290953

64-bit: fedora-17-x86_64.zip, 793M
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md5sum: 4a7e02901af41c507510bf1e512ba98e

Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), standard install. permalink

Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
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32-bit: fedora-18-i686.zip, 1119M
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md5sum: 9b3d555d5bb36df81a48668e0d6da1e0

64-bit: fedora-18-x86_64.zip, 1121M
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md5sum: 45a0a3cc1c182068112605ce4e3b4839

FreeBSD 6.0, minimal install. permalink

freebsd-6.0-i386.zip, 129M
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md5sum: 505718f94ae67c4c8db22784b27a91f2
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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FreeBSD 6.1, user install. permalink

freebsd-6.1-i386.zip, 173M
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md5sum: 9a591ab3447e8781a27a4b5151acc121
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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FreeBSD 6.2, user install. permalink

freebsd-6.2-i386.zip, 235M
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md5sum: 5a78b8c7074f9ccd755d43e177e14b39
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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FreeBSD 6.3, user install. permalink

freebsd-6.3-i386.zip, 221M
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md5sum: 5b05a4218799db57eebe6b0dd88f2fa0
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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FreeBSD 6.4, user install. permalink

freebsd-6.4-i386.zip, 224M
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md5sum: d5d99356b840d34c22d44744281f678f
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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Note: SCSI disk (unlike the other 6.x releases)!

FreeBSD 7.0, user install. permalink

freebsd-7.0-i386.zip, 305M
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md5sum: 76edfb287ce8b66c7c404d9488427321
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
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