There are plenty of reasons to run a virtual machine. The first, and most compelling, is that you want to play: Maybe there are some other operating system you want to dabble with (cough Linux cough), ...

How to install BackBox Linux distribution as a virtual machine Your email has been sent Several Linux distributions are available nowadays for security and penetration testing. BackBox Linux is one of ...

Even though there are various virtual machine tools that you can download and use to create a virtual machine, we decided to go with VMware Workstation which is a free virtual machine tool. We can go ...

There’s no doubt that Windows 11 is the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft. However, be it TPM 2.0 or CPU restrictions, not everyone might be able to run the new operating system on ...

Install Windows 11 safely in a virtual machine with this step-by-step guide from ExtremeTech—ideal for testing software or managing files securely. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

How to install a full desktop on a Multipass virtual machine for easier Linux development Your email has been sent Multipass is still one of my favorite virtual machine systems. With this command-line ...

VMware ESXi is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers by integrating vital OS components, such as a kernel; since as a type-1 hypervisor ...

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 ...

There are a lot of practical reasons to set up an OS like Windows 10 in a VM rather than using it as a native installation. If you have to deal with files you can't trust, need to test multiple OS ...

I often install and test different applications and features in Windows as part of my work. And most of the time, I don't necessarily want those new or unknown apps and features to affect my main ...

VirtualBox is now available for Apple Silicon-based Macs, although with spotty x86 support. Here's how to use it. Oracle's VirtualBox emulator is a free app which allows you to run other OS'es on your ...

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