This section covers all things virtual - this includes virtualization proper, cloud computing as well as containers. Here, you will learn how to spin up guest operating systems as virtual machines, how to setup and configure multiple operating systems side by side, legacy software, reviews and tutorials on various hypervisor technologies, Docker, OpenStack, DOSBox, Android emulators, and other innovative solutions and tricks.
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How to boot from USB drive in VirtualBox - Tutorial
Updated February 12, 2024
VirtualBox kernel driven not installed (missing gcc-12)
Updated February 5, 2024
Docker Desktop - Friendly frontend for container management
Updated June 8, 2022
VirtualBox & NS_ERROR_FAILURE error
Updated March 4, 2022
LXD and Docker containers nesting - Tutorial
Updated June 17, 2021
How to merge snapshots in VirtualBox & save disk space
Updated January 22, 2021
VirtualBox & VERR_SYMBOL_VALUE_TOO_BIG error
Updated January 4, 2021
KVM startup - permission denied
Updated October 7, 2020
QEMU Virgil - Virtualization, acceleration, celebration
Updated October 2, 2020
VirtualBox & bridged networking no longer works
Updated August 26, 2020
VirtualBox & NAT network configuration tutorial
Updated March 4, 2020
VirtualBox 6 review - Not bad, not bad at all
Updated January 25, 2020
VirtualBox: file sharing on NAT with no shared folders
Updated April 8, 2019
Docker name resolution network problems - Tutorial
Updated February 25, 2019
VirtualBox: resize hard disk - with modifyhd and snapshots
Updated February 15, 2019
VirtualBox, 3D acceleration & black screen - Solution
Updated January 21, 2019
Boxes for your Tuxes – Worth it?
Updated January 7, 2019
VMware Workstation 14 - Expansive and expensive
Updated September 3, 2018
VMware Player 14 review - Alternate reality
Updated August 11, 2018
VirtualBox security hardening & WinVerifyTrust error
Updated May 9, 2018
Amazon Linux 2 virtual machine login & password
Updated March 5, 2018
Amazon Linux 2 - Who nicked my cheese?
Updated February 17, 2018
VirtualBox 5.2 overview - A nice, practical facelift
Updated January 26, 2018
Docker swarm mode - Adding worker nodes tutorial
Updated February 11, 2017
How to install the latest version of Docker on CentOS 7
Updated November 9, 2016
Docker Engine swarm mode - Intro tutorial
Updated October 5, 2016
VirtualBox & unknown version of X Window system
Updated September 3, 2016
Docker on Windows 10 - Introduction guide
Updated August 12, 2016
Do you feel brave enough to try OpenStack? OSAD!
Updated November 14, 2015
Vagrant & CoreOS clusters and networking
Updated October 23, 2015
Vagrant virtualization - introduction guide
Updated September 26, 2015
Docker & data volumes - Tutorial
Updated September 25, 2015
VirtualBox Guest Additions compilation errors - How to fix
Updated September 5, 2015
Problems starting/deleting Docker containers - How to fix
Updated September 2, 2015
Virtualbox 5.0 - One step closer to the Matrix
Updated July 11, 2015
Docker containers networking - Tutorial
Updated July 10, 2015
Updated June 12, 2015
A thorough introduction guide to Docker containers
Updated May 10, 2015
Virtualbox CERT_E_REVOCATION_FAILURE - How to fix
Updated March 17, 2015
How to fix in Windows 8.1 boot errors in VirtualBox
Updated October 24, 2014
Updated August 18, 2014
Make your Android Virtual Devices (AVD) run fast
Updated July 19, 2014
Virtual machines in your browser
Updated July 11, 2014
Put your virtual machines in Boxes
Updated June 28, 2014
Cameyo - Application virtualization for Windows
Updated April 9, 2014
How to setup and test SteamOS as a virtual machine
Updated January 11, 2014
OpenXenManager alternative to XenCenter
Updated February 9, 2013
Fedora FATAL: INT18: BOOT FAILURE in VirtualBox
Updated January 16, 2013
How to add local ISO storage repo in XenServer
Updated December 3, 2012
Troubleshooting common KVM problems
Updated November 26, 2012
How to clone virtual machines in KVM - tutorial
Updated November 5, 2012
Updated August 15, 2012
VMware Player 4 review - Free and powerful
Updated July 18, 2012
How to enable Xen console for your guests
Updated March 12, 2012
Updated January 27, 2012
Introduction to Light Virtualization
Updated February 17, 2012
How to take screenshots in VirtualBox - Tutorial
Updated January 13, 2012
Getting to grips with Xen paravirtualization
Updated October 3, 2011
Troubleshooting common Xen problems
Updated September 7, 2011
Citrix XenServer - Review & Tutorial
Updated August 27, 2011
Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) - Review & tutorial
Updated August 18, 2011
Explore Xen virtualization with Xen Live CD
Updated July 28, 2011
Getting started with Xen virtualization
Updated July 15, 2011
How to install multi-ISO systems in VMware ESXi
Updated July 9, 2011
Best Free Virtualization Solutions
Updated July 1, 2011
How to setup bridged networking in KVM - Tutorial
Updated June 25, 2011
Using KVM and VirtualBox side by side
Updated June 18, 2011
A handful of ESXi tips and tricks
Updated June 8, 2011
How to manage storage in KVM - Tutorial
Updated June 1, 2011
How to manage networks in KVM - Tutorial
Updated May 11, 2011
Welcome to KVM virtualization - Thorough introduction
Updated May 4, 2011
MobaLiveCD - Not good, I'm afraid
Updated April 24, 2011
Prayaya V3 - Portable Virtual Operating System
Updated March 19, 2011
Updated January 5, 2011
How to convert VirtualBox VDI to VMware VMDK disks
Updated December 8, 2010
How to use USB devices in VirtualBox - Tutorial
Updated November 3, 2010
Boot from CD-ROM in newer versions of VirtualBox
Updated October 27, 2010
VMLite - A new kid on the virtual block
Updated June 5, 2010
VMware Workstation in Linux - Fantastic!
Updated April 24, 2010
Updated January 18, 2010
Empower your VMware programs with virtualization builders
Updated January 2, 2010
Network & sharing in VirtualBox - Full tutorial
Updated November 26, 2009
How to shrink/expand disks in VirtualBox - Tutorial
Updated November 16, 2009
How to add hard disks in VirtualBox - Tutorial
Updated November 7, 2009
How to clone disks in VirtualBox - Tutorial
Updated October 28, 2009
How to install VMware Server on Ubuntu
Updated October 12, 2009
SUSE Studio - Make your own Linux
Updated October 5, 2009
Create your own distro with Product Creator
Updated July 29, 2009
DirectX in VirtualBox 3 - Pure joy is here
Updated July 13, 2009
Updated July 11, 2009
Updated July 3, 2009
Run virtual machines directly from your desktop with VirtualBox
Updated June 22, 2009
Enhance your VMware productivity with little known VMware tricks
Updated June 13, 2009
Portable VirtualBox - Run VirtualBox from external media
Updated May 23, 2009
Kiwi Imaging System - Forge your own operating system images in a matter of hours
Updated May 22, 2009
How to convert VMDK virtual disks to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) AMI format
Updated May 14, 2009
How to convert virtual machines with VMware Converter
Updated April 29, 2009
Run Windows applications on top of Linux desktop with Seamless Mode in VirtualBox
Updated April 14, 2009
How to clone virtual machines in VMware ESXi
Updated April 8, 2009
How to clone virtual machines in VMware Server
Updated April 6, 2009
6 tips how to make your Virtualization better
Updated January 14, 2009
3D acceleration in virtual machines - Part 3: Linux host & Linux guest - VMGL
Updated January 3, 2009
3D acceleration in virtual machines - Part 2: VirtualBox & OpenGL - Tutorial
Updated January 2, 2009
3D acceleration in virtual machines - Part 1: VMware & DirectX - Tutorial
Updated December 31, 2008
How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions - Tutorial
Updated December 29, 2008
How to install VMware Tools - Tutorial
Updated December 27, 2008
Virtualization software - Plenty of choices
Updated September 19, 2008
Pendrivelinux - Be cool anywhere you go
Updated April 5, 2008
MojoPac - Desktop virtualization software
Updated March 21, 2008
Updated September 4, 2006
Installing VMware Server & Windows in Linux
Updated July 30, 2006
Would you like to run DOS applications again?
Updated June 29, 2006
VMware Player - a great friend
Updated June 29, 2006