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VMware or VirtualBox for Kali Linux VM?

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This topic has 4 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 1 month ago by hrdwork3r.

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- February 18, 2019 at 3:23 pm #170518
  
  Don Donzal
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  What do you prefer for running Kali Linux in a VM… VMware or VirtualBox and why?
  
  Don
- March 24, 2019 at 2:40 am #170898
  
  deoagent
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  virtualbox beacause its free
  - March 24, 2019 at 3:04 pm #170899
    
    Don Donzal
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    VMware Player is free
- March 24, 2019 at 6:11 pm #170900
  
  MTGreen
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  I like VMware. It seems to hang less, and I move through it easily, even from one VM to another, or to my computer host. Lately I have had to use Kali on an online VM, and I miss the smooth operation of VMware. I also recently worked with an ISO that had to be run on VirtualBox, and it hung enough to make VMware a clear favorite. At work I am setting up a lab with Hyper V, but I have not worked with it enough to give a report, and it may be some time before I run Kali there.
- April 11, 2019 at 3:22 am #170996
  
  hrdwork3r
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  I prefer VMware player. It has very convenient interface and many useful features. Main disadvantage for me is the RAM usage. I tried it on 4GB RAM machine and experienced performance issues.
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