VMware is warning that ESXi VMs running on Linux kernel 5.19 can have up to a 70% performance drop when Retbleed mitigations are enabled compared to the Linux kernel 5.18 release. More specifically, ...

PV drivers are available for some VM products... like running Linux on KVM there are PV drivers for network and block devices and Novell has a partnership with Microsoft and provide PV network and ...

VirtualBox is feature-rich with broad Linux distro support, but may have slower performance on modern Apple silicon Macs. UTM is lightweight, optimized for Apple silicon Macs, and easy to use, but ...

So, I'm trying to switch my work machine over to Linux... I've got some Windows applications I need to use, though, so I'm attempting to use VMware Player (3.1, the latest version) to set up a Windows ...

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If you need to use virtual machines on Linux, try Virt-Manager. Virt-Manager is more reliable than VirtualBox. Virt-Manager is completely free and open-source. I'm a long-time supporter of VirtualBox.

Have you ever found yourself juggling between Linux and Windows, wishing you could seamlessly run both without the hassle of dual-booting? For many Linux enthusiasts, the need to access ...

Few virtual computer environments are as stable, popular and rich in features as VMware. I've been a fan and user of VMware Workstation since version 2.0. I use it for testing network applications, ...

Testing small LLMs in a VMware Workstation VM on an Intel-based laptop reveals performance speeds orders of magnitude faster than on a Raspberry Pi 5, demonstrating that local AI limitations are ...