What is Virtualization in Ubuntu

[HP_Crook]

Hi,
I need some information on Virtualization in Ubuntu. My friend is running Ubuntu with Windows XP installed on a Virtual box. How can I do this. I am new in Ubuntu and facing multiple issue with USB drive. I am not able to open the same. If on a temporary basis I can run Windows on it then atleast I can get the data out of it. What are the ways to do this. Thanks in advance.

[SalVatore]

Virtualization stands for a other operating system like Windows or MAC in your Ubuntu system. It is a better alternative to get multiple features. But the problem is that it need more RAM. Because when you have both on your system then both the operating system consumes a separate amount of memory. You will also need a license copy of Windows XP VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a quicker and easy way to run Virtualization. It is a open source tool and freely available. First you will have to install the pre-requisites. That can be done by following - sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) & sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms. After that install VirtualBox by - sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-guest-utils virtualbox-ose-source command in Terminal. To run the same click on Menu > Utilities > VirtualBox OSE PC virtualization solution.

For virtualization solution you can use either QEMU or KVM on your Ubuntu system. Both are powerful opens source virtual machine. QEMU can be used as a complete virtual machine. The accelerator for the same is available. To install it type the following command in terminal - sudo apt-get install qemu kqemu-common. And if you are using KVM then use - sudo apt-get install kvm.

[jesse]

Xen is also a powerful open source virtualization platform. This also includes QEMU in it. The tool is freely available. It can install automatically in your Ubuntu server system. Second VMWare is also a proper tool for this. Currently you can get two freeware tools under it. First VMWare Player and VMWare Server. VMWare server is used for more broader functions.