Virtualization Applications

1. Virtualbox

http://www.virtualbox.org/



This VM (virtual machine) application,owned by Sun Microsystems and created by a small company called innotek, is one of the most popular virtualization solutions
for Ubuntu. It's the third most popular method to run Windows apps on Linux, according to DesktopLinux.com (trailing Wine, which is not an emulator/virtualizer, and VMWare, which is proprietary). There's good reason: it has a bevy of features, including snapshots, shared folders, RDP, ability to use host USB, and a lot of
advanced hardware virtualization.
There are two versions of VirtualBox. Installing the open-source edition is easy: just install the package in the universe repositories. If you want to install the enhanced but closed-source version, you'll need to visit the website (above) and download the .deb.
2.VBoxGTK



http://www.xente.mundo-r.com/narf/vboxgtk/
If you're a Gnome or Xfce user who doesn't like using Qt applications on GTK-based systems, give VBoxGTK a whirl. It's still in beta (the site notes that "most of
VirtualBox features are not supported, and those that are will probably fail"),
but it's a good beginning and progressing rapidly. Right now, the developer is still
focusing on stability, and as a result, most of the VirtualBox features aren't available. Still, it boots operating systems, and it's GTK. T o install VBoxGTK, use the package in the universe repositories.


3.Qemu
http://bellard.org/qemu/


While not the most user friendly application on the virtualization market, QEMU is one of the oldest and most respected virtualization programs around. QEMU can not only virtualize an existing chip (like VirtualBox or VMWare), but can also emulate a hardware platform like PowerPC or SPARC. This makes it really popular with developers trying to port programs to other platforms - like the Android. Plus, there are tons of handy features like snapshots, VNC, and of course
standard features like sound, hard drive tweaking, and multiple CPUs. Code from it
has been used in almost all virtual machines today, including VirtualBox.
T o install QEMU, use the package in the universe repositories.

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