How to Install and Manage Virtual Machines and Containers | Linux Today

How to Install and Manage Virtual Machines and Containers

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Jul 27, 2018

Virtualization and containers are hot topics in today’s IT industry. In this article we will list the necessary tools to manage and configure both in Linux systems. For many decades, virtualization has helped IT professionals to reduce operational costs and increase energy savings. A virtual machine (or VM for short) is an emulated computer system that runs on top of another system known as host.

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