First of all, we need to download the installation media of VirtualBox and then install it on your computer. You can get VirtualBox from virtualbox.org and then run ...

Oracle Solaris is a Unix-based operating system known for its scalability, security, and advanced features like ZFS and DTrace. If you are looking to use Solaris, you don’t have to create a separate ...

If you find yourself with a mismatched VirtualBox and VirtualBox Extension Pack release, such that VirtualBox itself cannot resolve, Jack Wallen shows you how to fix this from the command line.

Want to test out Windows 10 Technical Preview, but don’t want to take a chance it’ll kill your PC? Your best bet is to install it as a virtual machine using ...

If you want to check out the Insiders preview edition of Windows 11, you have a few options on how and where to install it. You can put it on a dedicated or spare PC ...

One of the more common suggestions from readers following the article on my personal must-have apps for Ubuntu last week was that I install some sort of virtual machine on my computer and test ...

Want to try Windows 8 but don't have a spare computer lying around? Virtualization will give you the Windows 8 experience you want without having to dedicate a computer to the task Share on Facebook ...

Virtual machines (VMs) allow you to explore Linux without permanently altering your computer. If you're curious about Linux ...

Two years ago, we visited the subject of free desktop virtualization hypervisors. At the time, the two preferred free solutions were Sun's xVM VirtualBox and and VMware Server 2.0. Things have changed ...

A two-horse race: That’s how the market for general purpose desktop virtualization packages is shaping up, at least for the foreseeable future. With Microsoft all but abandoning Virtual PC (no updates ...