====== Virtual Machines ======
see also: [[:admin:containers|Containers]]

===== Linux =====
  * [[.:linux:KVM|KVM]] – Kernel-based virtual machines
  * [[.:linux:lxc|LXC]] – it's a container, but usable like a VM
  * [[https://katacontainers.io/|Kata Containers]] – secure container runtime with lightweight virtual machines that feel and perform like containers, but provide stronger workload isolation using hardware virtualization technology as a second layer of defense.

==== management solutions ====
  * Proxmox
  * virt-manager – GUI for [[.:linux:KVM|KVM]], local and remote
  * [[https://www.vagrantup.com/|Vagrant]] by HashiCorp – declarative configuration files which describe recipes for building and maintaining portable virtual software development environments.

===== Windows =====
  * Hyper-V
  * WSL2 – Windows Subsystem for Linux