Is it possible to install any virtual machine software as non-root user and run it ?
Which VM's are possible to be installed with out need of root access ?
If it is not possible what would be the most light weight virtual machine to use for a few VM's running windows xp sp3 ?
Best Answer
Any real virtualization needs low-level access to the CPU, and thus root must install it. Once installed you don't need to be root to run it. You could probably install and run an emulator as non-root, such as bochs, or an adapter such as wine. If you have a specific Windows app in mind you could just run it under wine (maybe).