Finally, I specified that the IDE controller was the android-x86 ISO.

2 CPUS and 8GB of disk space were enough for my game.

Originally it was VMSVGA but then Android refused to start in graphic mode, so I switched to VboxVGA and it worked.

Another change was the 'Graphics Controller'.

Performance improved a lot after I bumped the ram to 3GB.

After booting the first time, I found that 1GB for the Android image was not enough.

This ISO contains the Android operating system that will be installed on our virtual hard drive.Īfter that we can set up our virtual machine like this: How a finished virtual machine looks like on VirtualBox The first step is to download the ISO image from Android-x86. Sudo dnf install -y virtualbox-guest-additions.x86_64 For practical purposes, our installation will be basic, just enough to run our games: sudo dnf install -y kernel-devel kernel-devel-5.14.86_64

An account on, so you can use the Play store from within the virtual machine.

Ability to run commands as the superuser (like SUDO).

Install an application from the Google Play Store, just like on your phone.īefore you start, I assume that you have the following:.

Run android-x86 and finish the basic setup.

Specifically on Linux, there are several choices, like QEMU and VirtualBox, to name a few.īy the end of this article you will be able to do the following: If you don't mind a small performance hit you can run a virtual machine at the same time as your native operating system. But some of them, like Android-x86, require rebooting your machine so they can take control of the hardware. One approach to solve your problem is to run an Android emulator on your PC.

To simplify the scenario, let's assume the applications run on Android. Or it could be that there is an application that only runs on your phone.Īnd then you think – what if you could run the same games on your desktop PC? If you have an Android phone, one of your guilty pleasures might be playing some very entertaining games. In this article, you'll learn how you can use virtual machines on Linux while having fun with vintage games.

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