> Important: QEMU is the default hypervisor and should be preferred over VirtualBox on Linux: it provides better compatibility and performances. If you were using VirtualBox with a previous version of Genymotion Desktop, we recommend switching to QEMU hypervisor.
You are trying to run Genymotion in a Linux virtual machine, a server or a Cloud service (AWS, GCP, Azure,...)
Genymotion Desktop has been designed to run in a physical environment, not in a virtual machine. For this reason, using a Linux VM or Cloud machine is not supported.
For more details, please refer to the following articles:
- Can Genymotion Desktop run in a virtual machine?
- Can Genymotion Desktop run on a server?
- Can Genymotion Desktop run in a Cloud service (AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure, Alibaba, etc.)?
Your hardware does not meet Genymotion Desktop requirements
Make sure your computer meets Genymotion Desktop requirements. See What are Genymotion Desktop requirements?
You are using an unsupported distribution
Make sure to use one of our supported distributions:
- Ubuntu LTS (64 bit)
- Debian stable (64 bit)
- Fedora Workstation (64 bit)
You are using VirtualBox as hypervisor
QEMU is the default hypervisor on Linux and should be preferred over VirtualBox.
If you were using VirtualBox with a legacy version of Genymotion Desktop, and you are getting an error, we recommend switching to QEMU hypervisor instead.