Virtual Machines

QEMU

Make sure QEMU and KVM are installed, your host is an x86_64 machine, and you have at least 2 GB of RAM.

Run the ISO image like this:

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1G -vga qxl -cdrom lirios-2017.07.09.iso

For the more adventurous, enable networking and forward port 22 from the VM to host port 10022:

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1G -vga qxl -net user,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22 -net nic -cdrom lirios-20170116-x86_64.iso

SSH is not enabled by default.

Unfortunately VirtualBox does not support Wayland yet.

If you try the ISO image on VMware, enable 3D acceleration.

Select the virtual machine, click VM -> Settings, then in the Hardware tab select Display and check Accelerate 3d graphics.