Linux is a Unix-like and POSIX-compliant computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds.
This is pretty old trick but not heavily used. You can run your Virtual Machines in VMware KVM mode with VMware Workstation 10.x or higher. This has been available to …