The Verdict
Desktop virtualisation
As always, the best choice for you is the one that fits your needs, because in this month’s Roundup there is no one clear winner for everyone. Based on general usage we have picked one that came top, but it’s close – very close. For its range of features, ease of use and adaptability, we choose Virtmanager. It does just about everything the others do, with the obvious exception of VirtualBox’s disk encryption, and does it in a way that is generally easy to get on with.
Very close behind is VirtualBox. It has plenty of features yet remains reasonably easy to use, and it comes with superb documentation –a manual bigger than some O’Reilly books. The downside is that it comes with closed source baggage. If you’re not concerned about that, it may be a better choice.