For example Windows, or Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora or Arch. Usually VirtualBox will autodetect the type and version of your OS. Click on New to start creating your VM.ģ. Download the operating system that you want to install in a VM ( virtual machine ). Obviously, you won’t have any virtual machines created. When you first open VirtualBox you will get a screen similar to the one seen in the screenshot below. IF you can’t open the extension pack directly with virtualbox to install it, then you should open VirtualBox go to Preferences > Extensions and to add it.Īlso, while in Preferencesgo to General and modify ( if you want ) the default folder location of where your VMs will be installed. Once VirtualBox is installed on your machine, download the extension pack. It can be downloaded from the same downloads page ( linked above ). The VirtualBox Extension Pack adds support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards. Unless you’re an Arch ( or derivates ) user, please refer to this page on how to install VirtualBox on your system. Linux users should be able to find VirtualBox in the default repos however, depending on the distro you’re using, the package can be an outdated one. Once VirtualBox is downloaded, proceede with the installation as normal. MacOS and Windows users can download and install VirtualBox from the downloads page of the official website.
But today we’re going to focus on a free, open-source and cross platform alternative. Many people have, at least, heard of VMWare and/or Parallels. For example, your can run a Linux instance in a VM on your Mac or Windows PC.
They allow you to emulate additional operating systems, each in their own individual window, on a computer.
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