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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I want to test run Arch Linux in a virtual machine, but don't know which hypervisor to choose. Is Virtual Box, or VMware the better Windows hypervisor for running Arch Linux? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Tom_Dude to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: I decided to go with Virtual Box since Hyper-V just doesn't seem to work on my PC. Thank you everyone for the recommendations!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like HyperV is the obvious answer, but last I knew that was a Windows Pro and up feature. Virtual Box is a fine tool as an alternative.

[–] mynona 1 points 1 year ago

Windows 10 Home will run Hyper V guests but installation isn't obvious. Search engine of choice should show how. I think WSL 2 uses it as the default backend, so should be doable on 11 as well.