QEMU should be preferred over VirtualBox on Linux because it provides better compatibility.
QEMU should be preferred over VirtualBox on Linux because it provides better performance.
Linux VM or Cloud environment not supported
Genymotion Desktop has been designed to run in a physical environment, not in a virtual machine.
Using a Linux VM or Cloud machine is not supported.
Hardware requirements
Your hardware does not meet Genymotion Desktop requirements.
See What are Genymotion Desktop requirements?
Supported Linux distributions
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)
Other distributions, such as Kali Linux, Arch Linux or Linux Mint, are not officially supported.
Hypervisor guidance for legacy VirtualBox users
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.
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