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VirtualBox

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VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as...

VirtualBox Manager

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  Note for all platforms: The VirtualBox Extension Pack is free for personal, educational, and evaluation use only. Commercial use requires a paid enterprise license: [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ)
  • BSD
  • Oracle Solaris
4.4 / 5 Avg rating (50)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Virtualization
  2.  Multiple languages
  3. Zalando icon  Zalando integration
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Container Virtualization
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Portable
  8.  Hypervisor

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  • kisslike liked VirtualBox
    5 days ago
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    POX added VirtualBox as alternative to lume VM
    7 days ago
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    7 days ago
  • T0mmaso does not think Zalando integration is a important feature of VirtualBox
    about 2 months ago
  • NuncioBitis reviewed VirtualBox  
    about 2 months ago

    Doesn't work on Linux. I can create a virtual machine, and open it exactly once. To be able to open it again after shutting it down, I have to reboot the entire machine. I've tried modifying my swap space to be bigger, but that doesn't help either. Also - shared folders do not work.

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    K0RR added VirtualBox as alternative to RVVM
    about 2 months ago
  • tenter liked VirtualBox
    about 2 months ago
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: VirtualBox is praised as a user-friendly, free, and open-source virtualization tool, often compared favorably against VMware. Users appreciate its ability to test various OS environments, though some mention performance issues, particularly on recent Apple hardware and when running alongside Hyper-V. Despite these concerns, many find it a reliable solution for personal and experimental use. There are mixed opinions on its speed and features, especially in comparison with professional-grade alternatives.
nikos3194
  
Top positive commentDec 22, 2017

Robust and free. The best virtualization software I've used.

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em4020
  
Top negative commentMay 30, 2016

QEMU (manager) is the only software solution against EGPFault in Win87EM.dll with newer Intel-CPUs

QEMU Manager is an (too) old Windows GUI for QEMU, which has in Aug. 2016 unfortunately no actual version. In difference to VirtualBox or VMware Player you can emulate several CPUs, which would be necessary for old 16bit applications with EGPFault in Win87EM.dll with newer Intel-CPUs (than Haswell from 2013 and later) in all other virtual machines except QEMU.

So only with QEMU (not with VMware or VirtualBox or Windows XP Mode) you (in Windows theoretically, in Linux really) can use and compile Delphi 1.6 programs, when you have a newer Host-CPU from Intel. Without QEMU (and Linux) you must buy another computer with an AMD-CPU, because VirtualBox or VMware Player cannot emulate various CPUs, as QEMU can. Practically I was not successful to use the QEMU Manager on Windows 7 or 10, but QEMU is told to be the best solution for this purpose on Linux, but I have no experience with Linux. Unfortunally I bought 2 computers with newer Intel-CPUs (Lenovo Yoga 3 PRO and Toshiba Z30), which had the EGPFault in Win87EM.dll. Because of this I gave back the Toshiba Z30 already by warranty and changed it to a HP EliteBook 725 G3 (with only 1.25 kg and) with a new and very good AMD-A12-CPU. The HP EliteBook 725 G3 was cheaper than the Toshiba Z30 (as additional advantage over the expensive INTEL-CPUs). In the next weeks I must send back the Lenovo Yoga 3 PRO also by warranty. I recommend all persons, which have the EGPFault in Win87EM.dll with newer Intel-CPUs to do the same (give back the Intel-CPU-Computer by warranty and to substitute it by an AMD-Computer). Only so you can hope, that Intel stops the fatal strategy, to develop only new CPUs, which do not support programs with a mathematic coprocessor.

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[Edited by em4020, August 22]

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Nuncio Bitis
  
Negative commentDec 24, 2024

Doesn't work on Linux. I can create a virtual machine, and open it exactly once. To be able to open it again after shutting it down, I have to reboot the entire machine. I've tried modifying my swap space to be bigger, but that doesn't help either. Also - shared folders do not work.

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youlk1234
  
Positive commentAug 1, 2024

Easy to use, but VMs are slow because it isn't QEMU/KVM

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RemovedUser
  
Positive comment
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runs like butter

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Mr. Anon
  
Positive commentMay 17, 2023

The OG virtualization tool.

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Guest
CommentMar 23, 2023

Oracle VirtualBox is not portable.

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What is VirtualBox?

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.

Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x and 4.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.

Virtualbox is available in 28 languages.

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Our users have written 55 comments and reviews about VirtualBox, and it has gotten 2879 likes

VirtualBox was added to AlternativeTo by Mogelfar on Mar 10, 2009 and this page was last updated Nov 3, 2024. VirtualBox is sometimes referred to as Vbox, VirtualBox OSE.