Virtual machines can feel rather sluggish at times – especially if you use the default settings on a Type-2 hypervisor. But ...

Installing Virtualbox Guest Additions into a new Linux or Windows virtual machine To make using a virtual machine on Virtualbox better, you'll need to install the Virtualbox Guest Additions package.

The special features of SSD drives as storage for virtual PCs are also taken into account. Bidirectional drag-and-drop from and to the guest system is available for machines with Windows and Linux.

VMware offers a very comprehensive selection of virtualization products, with Fusion for the Apple Mac and Workstation for the PC. Despite the name difference, these two products offer effectively the ...

Running Windows as a virtual machine in Linux may seems like unnecessary work until something like the Wannacry ransomware scare comes along. The PCs that were affected, all running older Windows ...

What's better than quickly installing a new Linux distro in a virtual machine? Express installing it!

On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard ...

A new cryptocurrency mining malware dubbed LoudMiner uses virtualization software to deploy a Linux XMRig coinminer variant on Windows and macOS systems via a Tiny Core Linux virtual machine.

Users of Azure who are running Linux virtual machines may not be aware they are have a severely vulnerable piece of management software installed on their machine by Microsoft, that can be ...

The pay-for-what-you-need utility model for IT services is being expanded by IBM to virtual Linux servers running on zSeries mainframes to cut costs for users.