Don't stick with just what Windows or MacOS offers you; expand your horizons with the best virtual machines out there. Here are our favorites for all platforms.

Canonical heeft een Multipass-versie uitgebracht om Ubuntu op Apple-apparaten met een M1-chip te draaien. Gebruikers kunnen daarbij het Linux-besturingssysteem in een virtual machine draaien.

If you want to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox on your Windows 11 computer, make sure to enable Hardware Virtualization from BIOS and then follow this guide.

To do this run the VirtualBox Ubuntu, once the desktop has loaded select the Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image… What this does is add another virtual optical disc with the required software.

Microsoft has announced that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available in the Azure Marketplace so that you can use it in an Azure Virtual Machine. This version will be supported for up to 12 years.

A virtual machine eats real resources, which means you'll need to allocate memory and storage space to each virtual instance while leaving enough over for your native operating system.

A virtual machine emulates a full computer, while a Docker container just emulates what's absolutely necessary for a single piece of software to run.

The best virtual machine tools for Windows: Run a PC inside your PC Whether for personal use or business deployment, there's very capable VM software to meet your needs.