I am thinking of installing Ubuntu to host Windows 8.1 x64 guests. Is there a particular release of Ubuntu (e.g. 12.04, 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 14.04/15.04, Ubuntu server 12.04/14.04), that has a simple installation process for the virtualization software (VirtualBox/VMWare) to do this?
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There are no problems with installing virtualbox on Ubuntu. It is available in the official repositories.
The only bit which can be slightly tricky is getting the USB to work on your virtual machine. First you need to install the extensions pack for the version of virtualbox you have installed, which is an easy download from their website. You install it by adding the extension pack in the virtualbox settings dialogue. Once you've done that, follow the instructions here:
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