| Name | Free | OS | Hyper-v Compat on Win | ARM-only App Support | Development |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GenyMotion [1] | No | Windows, macOS, Linux | Partial | Limited | Active |
| BlueStacks [2] | Yes | Windows, macOS | No | Yes | Active |
| LDPlayer [3] | Yes | Windows | No | Yes | Active |
| xDroid [9] | Partial | Linux | NA | Limited | Active |
| Waydroid [11] | Yes | Linux | NA | Yes | Active |
| AnBox … |
Comparision of Linux Emulation Solutions on Windows
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Virtual machine based on Virtualbox, etc. is an overkill, generally speaking. It provides complete functionalities but is more CPU and memory hangry.
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WSL 2 is the currently the best solution comes with Windows 10+. It is essentially a virtual machine but based on Hyper-V.
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Cygwin, MobaXterm, etc. are outdated as …
Resizing Hard Disk of Guest Machine in Virtualbox
Suppose you have virtual hard disk in VirtualBox called xp.vdi,
you can resize it (megabytes) using the following command.
VBoxManage modifyhd xp.vdi --resize 40960
The command currently doesn't support vmdk virtual disk.
So if you have a virtual disk called xp.vmdk,
you have to first convert it …