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This document provides information on using Ubuntu with virtual machine software.
目录
Popular virtual machine applications
This section lists the most commonly-used virtual machine applications which support Ubuntu.
Microsoft Virtual PC
Microsoft Virtual PC is a commercial x86 virtual machine application for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running Ubuntu as a guest operating system.
- XFree86 needs to be configured for either 16 bpp or 32 bpp. 24 bpp does not work.
- All Virtual PC network configurations work: direct, shared, and local (loopback).
- There is a bug with PS/2 emulation in the kernel 7.04. Since Virtual PC 2007 emulates a PS/2 mouse, the mouse doesn't work.
More information is available in the Ubuntu FAQ.
Qemu
Qemu is a processor emulator and virtual machine. Qemu supports Ubuntu as both a host and guest operating system, and is capable of emulating arm, powerpc, sparc and x86 processors. Qemu is available from the universe
software channel in Ubuntu as the package qemu
.
- UbuntuHelp:Installation/QemuEmulator - Instructions for installing Ubuntu as a guest in Qemu
- UbuntuHelp:WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo - Instructions for running Windows XP as a guest on Ubuntu
- UbuntuHelp:FrQemuInstallHowTo - Instructions pour l'installation de Qemu (en Français)
- UbuntuHelp:KQEmu - Instructions for installing KQemu accelerator on Ubuntu
VMWare
VMware is a non-free virtual machine application, which supports Ubuntu as both a host and guest operating system. Several versions of VMware are available at no cost and can be installed on Ubuntu. One, vmware-player
, is available from the multiverse
software channel in Ubuntu.
- UbuntuHelp:VMware - General instructions on installing and using VMWare with Ubuntu
- Full listing of VMWare documentation available from the community support pages
Xen
Xen is a popular, open-source virtual machine application. It provides high performance, but only supports a small number of host and guest operating systems. Ubuntu is supported as both a host and guest operating system, and Xen is available in the universe
software channel.
- XenVirtualMachine - instructions on getting Xen up and running on Ubuntu
- Xen wiki - more information about how Xen works
Other virtual machines
This section provides a short list of alternative virtual machines which are capable of running Ubuntu as either a host or guest operating system.
- UserModeLinux - Alternative open-source virtual machine
- VirtualBox - Open-source virtual machine, with Ubuntu Dapper (6.06 LTS) and Edgy (6.10) packages available from the website
- Parallels - Commercial virtual machine for Linux, Mac and Windows
Glossary of terms
Virtual Machine - Computer software which allows other operating systems to be run 'inside' another.
Host - The operating-system (and computer) on which the virtual machine is being run.
Guest - The operating system which is being run inside the virtual machine.
See Wikipedia for more information on virtual machines in general.