![]() KVM is my preferred choice running on a Linux host like openSUSE. Xen for instance is the strongly preferred choice if you intend to migrate a VM to Amazon. The reasons for choosing a virtualization technology may vary, for instance a primary reason for choosing one is the ability to migrate/clone a VM to the cloud. ![]() Here's a link to Xen's open source repository on GitHub.I personally have stayed away from Xen because it's been my impression there have been more issues. Xen is an open source tool with 208 GitHub stars and 152 GitHub forks. On the other hand, Xen provides the following key features: Guest Additions: shared folders, seamless windows, 3D virtualization.Some of the features offered by VirtualBox are: VirtualBox and Xen belong to "Virtualization Platform" category of the tech stack. It was developed by the Linux Foundation and is supported by Intel. It is a hypervisor using a microkernel design, providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently. On the other hand, Xen is detailed as " Advancing virtualization in a number of different commercial and open source applications". Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. VirtualBox vs Xen: What are the differences?ĭevelopers describe VirtualBox as " Run nearly any operating system on a single machine and to freely switch between OS instances running simultaneously".
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