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KVM isn't an option on OS X or Windows - in those cases, VirtualBox is the most mature free VM software available.

• fulafel 10y ago
  Windows and OSX both come with native hypervisors now. Those are what eg Docker "Native" runs on
  • dagw 10y ago
    At least on Windows I find that Virtual box gives a better interactive desktop experience when running Linux as a guest.
    • Jare 10y ago
      Exactly. A few days using HyperV for my linux desktop guest was enough to convince me that I didn't need Docker for Windows THAT bad. I'm back to Virtualbox.
  • dogma1138 10y ago
    Portability of VMs shouldn't be overlooked, it's why VMware is still quite relevant and why when that is out of the question Virtual Box is very popular. If my VMs can't easily be run on any host from backup they tend to be quite useless at the most critical of times.
  • moondev 10y ago
    Do you know of a virtualbox-like manager for xhyve?
• mtve 10y ago
  HAXM module and QEMU works fine for me on Windows.