As security holes start to appear in XP in its retirement, those holes will also appear in XP running on a VM. Here's a step-by-step guide to get Windows XP running on an Oracle VirtualBox-based virtual machine on Linux MintNeither VirtualBox, nor any other hypervisor, makes XP any safer to use. I prefer VirtualBox because it's the easiest to set up and run VMs on. There are many excellent desktop hypervisors for Linux such as, Linux's built in, and my own favorite, Oracle's free. The VM, in turn, is managed by a program called a hypervisor. From the guest's viewpoint, it appears to be running on its very own PC, but it's actually running within a limited virtual sub-system of your PC, a VM. With Oracle VirtualBox, you can have your Linux Mint cake and your Windows XP icing.A VM enables you to run a guest operating system on top of another operating system. Let's say you have an application that only runs well on Windows XP, doesn't have and doesn't run worth a darn with Is there anything you can do to have your XP cake and your more Linux icing too? Yes, yes there is: Use a hypervisor to run Windows XP in a virtual machine (VM).
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