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VirtualBox is an application for Windows, OSX, and Linux that lets you setup and run your own virtual computers, inside a real one. It’s really useful for testing applications, trying out different operating systems without risking your current installation, and running older software. VirtualBox is one of a few virtualization solutions, however this one is totally free.

The first thing you have to do after starting up VirtualBox is install your operating system. The process is exactly the same as installing an operating system on a normal computer, however it’s slightly more flexible. Use an .iso, or CD to install the operating system, and use your mouse and keyboard to control and installation process.

Once the operating system is installed, you can install the VirtualBox additions package, which act as the drivers for your host computer hardware, inside the virtual box. Not only this, but they enable features such as file sharing and clipboard sharing between the virtual machine and the host computer.

To improve the integration between the host and the virtual machine, you can enter “seamless mode” which will make open applications within your virtual machine appear as if they are running on the host. The main benefit of this is that you can run applications for one operating system on another, for example run Microsoft Office in Ubuntu Linux, with visual evidence of a running virtual machine.

In comparison with other virtualization software, VirtualBox performed reasonably well for me, however I feel that software such as VMWare Workstation and Parallels Desktop have a performance edge over VirtualBox. These however, are not freeware, which is a huge advantage of VirtualBox. If you’re just getting started with operating system virtualization, VirtualBox is a great package that can help you get started, as it runs on all mainstream operating systems, and I had no problems with it. Once you get to grips with it, or if you find you want to run more resource heavy applications such as games, you may feel an upgrade to a premium package is required. Overall, I’d rate it 4/5.






VirtualBox Publisher's Description

A powerful virtualization software VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, VirtualBox is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.VirtualBox is a package of strong x86 virtualization software for enterprise as well as home use.Here are some key features of "VirtualBox":Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software. Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.Guest Additions for Windows and Linux. VirtualBox has special software that can be installed inside Windows and Linux virtual machines to improve performance and make integration much more seamless. Among the features provided by these Guest Additions are mouse pointer integration and arbitrary screen solutions (e.g. by resizing the guest window).Virtual USB Controllers. VirtualBox implements a virtual USB controller and allows you to connect arbitrary USB devices to your virtual machines without having to install device specific drivers on the host.Remote Desktop Protocol. Unlike any other virtualization software, VirtualBox fully supports the standard Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). A virtual machine can act as an RDP server, allowing you to "run" the virtual machine remotely on some thin client that merely displays the RDP data.USB over RDP. With this unique feature, a virtual machine that acts as an RDP server can still access arbitrary USB devices that are connected on the RDP client. This way, a powerful server machine can virtualize a lot of thin clients that merely need to display RDP data and have USB devices plugged in.Shared folders. Like many other virtualization solutions, for easy data exchange between hosts and guests, VirtualBox allows for declaring certain host directories as "shared folders", which can then be accessed from within virtual machines.. VirtualBox.

Free download from Shareware Connection - A powerful virtualization software VirtualBox is a general-purpose full

Publisher: virtualbox.org | License: Freeware | Price: -
Version: 4 | Size: 17408 KB | Platform: Win2000, WinOther, WinServer
Released Date: 01-09-2009 | Rating: 5 | Title: VirtualBox

Author Url: http://www.virtualbox.org
Program Info Url: http://www.virtualbox.org
Download Url: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

VirtualBox related downloads:

Oracle VM VirtualBox SDK - The VirtualBox Software Development Kit (SDK) contains all the documentation and interface files that are needed to write code that interacts with VirtualBox.

VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows OSE - VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows OSE is a project that provides a packaged version of the Windows Guest Addition tools for VirtualBox OSE.

Virtualbox Server Service - Virtualbox Server Service is an application that allows users to start a Virtualbox VM as a service.

Oracle VM VirtualBox SDK for Windows - Write code that interacts with VirtualBox

VirtualBox 4.1.14 r77440 - VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for hardware

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