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|[[VirtualBox|Oracle VM VirtualBox]]
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|[[VMware Workstation Player/Pro]]
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:A general-purpose emulator that supports a wide range of hardware for use on a multitude of platforms. Used to be a hypervisor by way of KQEMU but has been deprecated in favor of other systems like KVM (a kernel module for Linux and FreeBSD) and HAXM (which is developed by Intel). QEMU has been used to emulate several non-PC x86 machines like [[XQEMU]] for the [[Xbox emulators|Xbox]], and [[Orbital]] for the [[PlayStation 4 emulators|PlayStation 4]]. The non-specific application of QEMU allows emulators like XQEMU and Orbital to function as hypervisors without having to write custom-made drivers.
;Oracle VM [[VirtualBox]]:VirtualBox is Is open source but it has an extension pack that adds features common on standard PCs like USB 2.0, 3.0, PXE boot, and hard drive encryption. It is generally the easiest to set up and get running.
;[[VMware Workstation ]] Pro
:Is also available for GNU/Linux, though the Windows version has better 3D support because of its native Direct3D implementation.
:;[[VMware Workstation ]] Player::Formerly VMware Player, Workstation Player it is VMware's free offering but lacks a few features like snapshots.:;VMware Fusion::A macOS port.
;Virtual PC
