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I am installing Ubuntu 15.04. I just wanted to know whether is supports virtualization. I also wanted to know whether I can run virtualization softwares like VMWare, VirtualBox or any others if available for this version of Ubuntu.

kar
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Use virtualbox,you can intall it directly from ubuntu repository via apt-get install virtualbox

Uwe Burger
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Yes. VMWare Player for Linux exists and unless there's a bug specifically with 15.04, it'll run. Literally watched someone run VMWare Player today on Ubuntu. VirtualBox runs on Linux too. I'm assuming Ubuntu.

VMWare Download Page: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free Scroll to bottom and try installing VMware Player

(PROTIP: if it's 32bit, crank the release down to 6)

Michael Bailey
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  • Note vmnet with VMware Player has had bugs with your version of Ubuntu. Described here http://askubuntu.com/questions/613187/vmware-player-and-ubuntu-15-04-net-driver-does-not-compile-anymore-how-to-fix – Michael Bailey Aug 15 '15 at 07:09
  • OK. I'm using a 64 bit version, the bug you said, is it there even with latest version of VMWare? – kar Aug 15 '15 at 07:13
  • I honestly don't know to be frank. I just tried to see if there was a bug. I haven't had a lot of experience specifically with 15.04 and VMware, just Ubuntu and VMware – Michael Bailey Aug 15 '15 at 07:14
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VirtualBox and VMware support Linux platform, install them using following command :

VirtualBox

32-Bit : 

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.2/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.2-102096~Ubuntu~trusty_i386.deb
cd Downloads/ && sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.2-102096~Ubuntu~trusty_i386.deb

64-Bit : 

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.2/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.2-102096~Ubuntu~trusty_amd64.deb
cd Downloads/ && sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.2-102096~Ubuntu~trusty_amd64.deb

VMWare

First install build-essential and linux-headers package : 

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Go to VMware download page and select your file :

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Run following command once the download proccess complete :

32-Bit :

cd Downloads/ && sudo chmod +x VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.i386.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.i386.bundle

64-Bit : 

cd Downloads/ && sudo chmod +x VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle
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