Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while innotek ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.
- The software is now named Oracle VM VirtualBox after Oracle\’s acquisition of Sun
- Adds experimental support for Mac OS X guests
- CPU hot-plugging for Linux and some Windows guests
- New Hypervisor features
- Support for multi-monitor guest setups
- RDP video acceleration
- Much more.
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