7 VirtualBox Alternatives You Can Consider

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VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as...

There are lots of virtualization software out there that let you run multiple applications from different platforms in the same hardware. One of them is VirtualBox by Oracle Corporation. VirtualBox is an open source and freeware that lets users create a virtual environment to run a different operating system on the same machine. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris. Also, provides support for various operating systems like a different version of Windows, Linux, Solaris, Dos, OpenBSD etc.

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QEMU

QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that...
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QEMU stands for “quick emulator” which is a highly capable open source and free virtualization software. It has support for Windows, Linux, and macOS as a guest and can also run on all three host platforms. Installing it is comparatively easier but gets a bit complicated while using it. While it doesn’t need a high configuration PC to run. To run your guest OS on the virtual machine as fast it would run on a traditional machine, you can integrate QEMU with Kernel-based virtual machine(KVM). How this works is with the help of KVM, you are able to run code for guest OS directly on your Host OS.

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VMware Fusion Landing Page

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VMware Fusion

Simple and powerful virtual machine for Mac. Mac virtualization software. Learn more about VMware Fusion and try it free today.

This virtualization software gives tough competition to big names like VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation pro when it comes to simultaneously running two OS. It is advertised for running Windows on Mac because for years it was only available for Mac users. But now a Windows version is also available with support for Linux and Chrome OS as a guest operating system. It works very efficiently while running Windows software on Mac and gets the best of both worlds. You’re still not allowed to run macOS on Non-Mac hardware. You do not need to reboot your system in order to run after installing it. This virtual machine software is ideal for both personal and professional use.

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VMware Workstation Landing Page

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VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation is a multiple operating system handler to easily evaluate the any other type of new operating systems.

This virtualization software gives tough competition to big names like VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation pro when it comes to simultaneously running two OS. It is advertised for running Windows on Mac because for years it was only available for Mac users. But now a Windows version is also available with support for Linux and Chrome OS as a guest operating system. It works very efficiently while running Windows software on Mac and gets the best of both worlds. You’re still not allowed to run macOS on Non-Mac hardware. You do not need to reboot your system in order to run after installing it. This virtual machine software is ideal for both personal and professional use.

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Portable Virtualbox Landing Page

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Portable Virtualbox

Portable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a usb stick without separate installation. Installation instructions. Download and run Portable-VirtualBox_v5.

Due to its limitation, it will not support bridged networking i.e connecting a guest OS to a network on the host system through its network adapter is not possible. Therefore, you need a virtual network adaptor in order to do that. Portable-VirtualBox is highly configurable and supports following virtual guest operating systems: Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista. It can also run Linux (2.4 & 2.6) and OpenBSD.

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Workstation Player

Download VMware Workstation Player for free today to run a single virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. Organizations use Workstation Player to deliver managed corporate desktops, while students and educators use it for learning and training.

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Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop 10 is a hardware and operating system virtualization program designed for the users of Mac Operating System to enjoy the most of the versions of Windows operating systems in their machine.

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microsoft.com Windows Virtual PC Landing Page

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microsoft.com Windows Virtual PC

NOTE: microsoft.com Windows Virtual PC has been discontinued.

Windows Virtual PC is the latest Microsoft virtualization technology. You can use it to run more than one operating system at the same time on one computer, and to run many productivity applications on a virtual Windows environment.

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coLinux

Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively.

CoLinux has better hardware virtualization and portability method which helps it to run guest OS smoothly. It is a free and open source software to run Linux based operating systems. CoLinux will only run on following Windows version: Windows XP, 2000, Vista, and 7 with 32 bit CPU. You will need to download and install WinPCap as it needs the WinPCap library for ethernet support.

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