Jack Wallen walks you through the process of creating simple bash scripts to automate backing up your VirtualBox VMs.

Click VirtualBox’s Add toolbar button, give the VM a name, and set Type to Linux, and Version to Other Linux, with the appropriate bit (32 or 64) parameter matching your distro.

Read: How to install Oracle Linux on Oracle VirtualBox 3] Create a Virtual Machine After downloading the Arch Linux ISO file, the next step is to set up a Virtual Machine where we are going to run ...

That is how you can install Fedora on a Virtual Machine. Just like that, you can install any Linux Operating System on a Windows machine using the VirtualBox or other VM tools.

9. Shared folders Finally, our favorite overlooked VirtualBox feature is “Shared Folders.” When we’ve had issues getting drag and drop to work, the easiest way to get files on and off a VM ...

The VirtualBox makers have described the process for Windows and Linux users in a FAQ post, and I've described the virtual-Windows-inside-Linux process in more detail in our guide to running ...

If you work with Linux, or you just want to test drive the OS, you can use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine with the distro you like alongside Windows 10.

Tom Fenton walks through upgrading a VMware Horizon environment, installing a Linux desktop, configuring a Linux guest for instant clones and deploying instant clone desktops.

Both VMware Workstation 7.1 and Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2 are excellent desktop virtualization products -- in terms of general Windows application usage, both perform extremely well and are ...