UbuntuHelp:VirtualMachines

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This document provides information on using Ubuntu with virtual machine software. For a Virtualization technologies that runs with Ubuntu as a Host or a Guest, please see Virtualisation.

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[编辑] Popular virtual machine applications

This section lists the most commonly-used virtual machine applications which support Ubuntu.

[编辑] Microsoft Virtual PC

Microsoft Virtual PC is a piece of commercial software for x86 virtual machine application for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running Ubuntu as a guest operating system.

  • XFree86 needs to be configured for either 16 bpp or 32 bpp. 24 bpp does not work.
  • All Virtual PC network configurations work: direct, shared, and local (loopback).
  • There is a bug with PS/2 emulation in the kernel 7.04. Since Virtual PC 2007 emulates a PS/2 mouse, the mouse doesn't work.

More information is available in the Ubuntu|FAQ.

[编辑] Qemu

Qemu is a processor emulator and virtual machine. Qemu supports Ubuntu as both a host and guest operating system, and is capable of emulating arm, powerpc, sparc and x86 processors. Qemu is available from the universe software channel in Ubuntu as the package qemu.

[编辑] VMWare

VMware is a non-free virtual machine application, which supports Ubuntu as both a host and guest operating system. Several versions of VMware are available at no cost and can be installed on Ubuntu. One, vmware-player, is available from the multiverse software channel in Ubuntu.

  • VMware - General instructions on installing and using VMWare with Ubuntu
  • Full|listing of VMWare documentation available from the community support pages

[编辑] Xen

Xen is a popular, open-source virtual machine application. It provides high performance, but only supports a small number of host and guest operating systems. Ubuntu is supported as both a host and guest operating system, and Xen is available in the universe software channel.

  • Xen - instructions on getting Xen up and running on Ubuntu
  • Xen wiki - more information about how Xen works

[编辑] Other virtual machines

This section provides a short list of alternative virtual machines which are capable of running Ubuntu as either a host or guest operating system.

  • UserModeLinux - Alternative open-source virtual machine
  • VirtualBox - Open-source virtual machine, with Ubuntu Dapper (6.06 LTS) and Edgy (6.10) packages available from the website
  • Parallels - Commercial virtual machine for Linux, Mac and Windows

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