If you've ever wanted to test the Linux operating system, one of the easiest ways of doing so is as a virtual machine. Jack Wallen shows you how it's done. Linux is everywhere — in phones, smart ...

BackBox Linux is a free, open-source community project based on Ubuntu. Find out how to use the BackBox Linux distribution as a virtual machine. Several Linux distributions are available nowadays for ...

Imagine this: You're using one Linux distribution and you want to quickly deploy a virtual machine of another Linux distribution for either testing purposes or to have a secondary operating system to ...

It’s great to have multiple computers. On the first of them, you can install a database or crunch spreadsheets. On another, you can simply browse the Web, listen to music, and check your e-mail. Yet ...

VirtualBox is software that runs on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Solaris, capable of full virtualization. Full virtualization allows VirtualBox to run OSes entirely different than the OS it is running on ...

Most modern computers are powerful enough to run entire operating systems within your main operating systems, which means virtual machines are more commonplace today than ever. Here’s a look at the ...

Ethan enjoys programming, math, and problem solving. He started off as a self taught programmer, and is proficient in multiple programming languages. He has a wide variety of programming projects in ...

Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try another operating system, or use those one or two apps ...