• Development status Active Written in,,,, and 61–118 depending on platform Base Package ( support only for ): version 2 (Optionally for most files of the source distribution), 'Extension Pack' (including support): Website Oracle VM VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and Innotek VirtualBox) is a free and open-source for computers currently being developed. Developed initially by Innotek, it was acquired by in 2008 which was in turn acquired by Oracle in 2010. VirtualBox may be installed on a number of host operating systems, including:,,,, and. There are also ports to and Genode.
It supports the creation and management of guest running versions and derivations of,,,, Solaris,, and others, and limited virtualization of macOS guests on Apple hardware. For some guest operating systems, a 'Guest Additions' package of device drivers and system applications is available which typically improves performance, especially of graphics. Logo of VirtualBox OSE, 2007–2010 VirtualBox was initially offered by Innotek GmbH from,, under a license, making one version of the product available at no cost for personal or evaluation use, subject to the VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL). In January 2007, based on counsel by, Innotek GmbH released VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) as, subject to the requirements of the (GPL), version 2. Innotek GmbH also contributed to the development of and support in virtualization and OS/2 ports of products from which were later acquired. Specifically, Innotek developed the 'additions' code in both and, which enables various host-guest OS interactions like shared or dynamic viewport resizing. Acquired Innotek in February 2008.
Feb 1, 2010 - Hi I have installed windows 98 as guest OS on my Windows XP machine. The problem is even after installing guest additions I cannot get Win 98 to get into full screen mode. Also, my windows 98 is responding very slowly although, i have assigned 200mb of RAM out of 512mb available.
Sun in January 2010 and re-branded the product as 'Oracle VM VirtualBox'. Licensing [ ] The core package is, since version 4 in December 2010, under (GPLv2). The separate 'VirtualBox Oracle VM VirtualBox extension pack' providing support for 2.0 and 3.0 devices, (RDP), disk encryption, and (PXE) boot is under a license, called Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL), which permits use of the software for personal use, educational use, or evaluation, free of charge. Oracle defines personal use as the installation of the software on a single host computer for non-commercial purposes.
Prior to version 4, there were two different packages of the VirtualBox software. The full package was offered free under the PUEL, with licenses for other commercial deployment purchasable from Oracle. A second package called the VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) was released under GPLv2. This removed the same proprietary components not available under GPLv2. Kp Astrology Books there. Building the for VirtualBox since version 4.2 [ ] requires the use of the compiler, for which the is approved as 'Open Source' by the but not as 'free' by the or under the.