What's the name of that free Virtual Machine software?

Virdi · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:31

Hi all,

There is a free virtual machine application available

Called 'open....'?? or 'box...'?

can anyine suggest or recommend?

Thanks

memyselfandi · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:35

Use Virtualbox (was from Sun, now Oracle) at work a lot for running Linux VM's under Windows. VMWare Player is another tool which does the same sort of thing. Both are free.

That's assuming you want to virtualise under an existing OS instead of installing a bare-metal hypervisor.

Ph4lanx · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:44

There's loads VMWare Player, VirtualBox, Microsoft Virtual PC, the list goes on. Personally I recommend VirtualBox and VMWare Player, as they support 64-bit VMs (for some reason Microsoft didn't when I tried it).

Virdi · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:49

Thanks!

.Simon · 5 Sep 2010 at 11:45

Virtual PC is free too by the way. I prefer it as it's lightweight but it might be missing some advanced features in other virtualisation software.

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KIA · 6 Sep 2010 at 13:09

Virtual PC doesn't seem to like Linux! I wonder why?

Sure there is a work around but it's easier to use Virtualbox.

Mattus · 6 Sep 2010 at 13:15

I've tried Virtual PC, Virtualbox and VMWare Player. In my experience, in terms of performance, Virtual PC is the poorest and VMWare is by far the best.

robinbredin · 6 Sep 2010 at 14:01

I'm running mint 9 in Virtual mode in Oracle VirtualBox, and I haven't run into any problems.

apatia77 · 6 Sep 2010 at 17:26

I've had best experience with VMWare but some people prefer VirtualBox.

KIA · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:29

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tntcoder · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:54

fluff said:
Don't forget to check out phpvirtualbox. It's the dogs ******** if you want quick access to the VirtualBox control panel.

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