Every thing to know about Virtual Machine

A virtual machine is commonly known as VM, that behaves like a separate computer system. These are open source applications which can be installed in any operating system. Virtual machine acts as a separate physical computer with different operating systems that we like to install (Ex: windows, Linux, ubuntu, macOS etc..)

There are various virtual machines, some of the famous VM's are

1. VirtualBox

2. VMware

3. Boot Camp

4. VMware Fusion (Mac)

5. VM Monitor

What are VMs used for?

• Trying out a new operating system (OS), including beta releases.

• Running software or apps on operating systems that they were not originally intended for.

• Used in cybersecurity

Some benefits of using VMs?

• Cost savings

• Security benefits

• Run multiple Operating Systems