Quick List Of Top Linux Virtualization Software

Insight: Top Linux Virtualization Software

Let’s have a look into the list of some of the best and top Linux virtualization software for everyone.

Top Linux Virtualization Software

VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a popular x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software. VirtualBox an extremely feature-rich virtualization software that is available for multiplatform.

OpenVZ

It is open-source container-based virtualization software for Linux. Each container performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server.

Linux-VServer

It allows running multiple virtual units at once. Those units are sufficiently isolated to guarantee the required security, but utilize available resources efficiently, as they run on the same kernel.

User Mode Linux (UML)

User-Mode Linux gives you a virtual machine that may have more hardware and software virtual resources than your actual, physical computer. Disk storage for the virtual machine is entirely contained inside a single file on your physical machine. You can assign your virtual machine only the hardware access you want it to have. With properly limited access, nothing you do on the virtual machine can change or damage your real computer, or its software.

Citrix Hypervisor

Formerly XenServer is a popular enterprise-level leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop, and server virtualization infrastructures.

VMware ESX Server and VMWare Server

VMware Server is an enterprise-level server virtualization software. It is cross-platform and entry-level software which runs on various guest operating systems such as FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and others.

Bochs

Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator which includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS.

Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, DOS or Microsoft Windows.

Bonus Additions:

–Parallels

–Oracle VM

Let us know if we have forgotten to include any best virtualization software.