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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.

Popular virtual machine applications

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

Microsoft Virtual PC

Microsoft Virtual PC is a commercial 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.

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.

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

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

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

Glossary of terms

Virtual Machine - Computer software which allows other operating systems to be run 'inside' another. Host - The operating-system (and computer) on which the virtual machine is being run. Guest - The operating system which is being run inside the virtual machine. See Wikipedia for more information on virtual machines in general.