I've got a single boot laptop running Xubuntu 16.04 64-bit. I'd like to run several Windows apps in a virtual machine. It's part of an experiment to see if I can switch my main machine over from Windows to Ubuntu and still run the Windows apps I need to run. I could dual boot, but that's such a hassle.
This is not part of any server operation. Just an individual who wants to be able to run Windows apps on a virtual machine. Looking for ease of use (from the perspective of someone coming from Windows) and robustness. I wish to run Windows 7 - is there any particular flavor of Windows 7 that works better than other flavors as a guest operating system? I'm guessing Home Premium would use less resources than Professional or Ultimate.
To help narrow down the options:
1. must be able to run Windows 7 as guest OS
2. free
3. ability to clone VM, so that once I've got it set up the way I want it, I can make a backup copy
4. ability to run multiple Windows virtual machines, though not simultaneously. I just want to have 2 or 3 Windows virtual machines, each with a different package of apps running on it.
Which virtualization option would you suggest?
This is not part of any server operation. Just an individual who wants to be able to run Windows apps on a virtual machine. Looking for ease of use (from the perspective of someone coming from Windows) and robustness. I wish to run Windows 7 - is there any particular flavor of Windows 7 that works better than other flavors as a guest operating system? I'm guessing Home Premium would use less resources than Professional or Ultimate.
To help narrow down the options:
1. must be able to run Windows 7 as guest OS
2. free
3. ability to clone VM, so that once I've got it set up the way I want it, I can make a backup copy
4. ability to run multiple Windows virtual machines, though not simultaneously. I just want to have 2 or 3 Windows virtual machines, each with a different package of apps running on it.
Which virtualization option would you suggest?