Best way to create virtual machine with 16.04? [closed]

As always or at least really often - there is no general best way.

What i can offer is a small and not complete list

  • Gnome Boxes
  • Virtualbox
  • VMware Workstation

Gnome Boxes and Virtualbox should be installable via apt, while the VMware product isn't.

I am using VMware (older Version 11) myself on Ubuntu 16.04 - but it was a mess to get it working on Xenial.