Linux comes in many flavors, each with different advantages for a type of user. When it comes to a Linux distro that is easy to install and friendly to the average user, Ubuntu is the best option right now. But you don’t have to make a definitive decision. Thanks to VirtualBox, it’s very easy to try out different Linux distros. In this post, we’ll set up Ubuntu on VirtualBox.

We’ve already seen what VirtualBox is and how to install it. Now is time to create a virtual machine with VirtualBox. In this post, we’ll create a virtual machine with Windows installed.

With the recession we experienced in the last few years, IT departments started looking into ways of cutting costs on their data centers. This is when Virtualization started to pick up. Virtual Machines allow us to run multiple operative systems on a single PC or server, which means they could reduce the space required for the data centers and the energy consumption. In this post, we’ll talk about VirtualBox, a virtualization product available as open source.