Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices

Feb 10, 2008 Linux, Qemu, Software, technique, Ubuntu Linux, virtualization, VMware-Server, Windows inside Linux

Virtualization is the technique of running a “guest” operating system inside an already-running OS; for example, Windows inside Linux, or visa-versa. This article compares four virtualization products available for Ubuntu Linux: the free, open source Qemu; the closed-but-free versions of VirtualBox and VMware-Server, and the commercial Parallels.