In this lecture we walk through the basics of download VMware Workstation player for windows. VMware Workstation Player is a powerful free application (for non-commercial use) that allows you to install and manage a nearly unlimited number of virtual servers right within your Windows workstation. You don't need to purchase any new hardware or sign up for a hosting service to begin using Odoo right away.

After downloading and installingg VMWare Workstation we then go to ubuntu.com to download the actual Ubuntu server, in this case the desktop edition of Ubuntu, that we will use to install Odoo and setup our development environment.