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= Description =
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).

= User Experiences =

= Development Activity =

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 = Description =
 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).
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 VirtualBox Version 4.3.16 was released on September 9, 2014.
 [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Changelog for Oracle VM VirtualBox]

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 VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Solaris operating systems. For a complete listing of other "guest OSes" that VirtualBox supports, view the online [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes Status] page.
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+=== Documentation and User Support ===
 The VirtualBox Community includes online forums, mailing lists, bug reports, live chats and test builds for trying out new releases. There are also user guides and technical documentation available on VirtualBox.org

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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 Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).		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).

		+	Created by Oracle, VirtualBox is available as a free download based on the terms of the GLP, version 2. Once VirtualBox is installed, digital preservationists and curators will be able to create and view up to 32 different virtual machines through the "VirtualBox Manager" on a host systems desktop. VirtualBox eumulates hardware for graphics, storage, networking, input devices and audio devices. There is also a snapshot function that can be used to save the state of a machine for future reference. Virtual machines can be imported and exported and "VM groups" can be organized and assigned so that tasks can be completed on multiple machines at the same time. In addition to the base software package, an extension pack can also be installed that includes a virtual USB device and remote desktop protocol support. [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Source code and binaries] can be accessed on VirtualBox.org.

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−	~~'''From Oracle VM VirtualBox User Manual'''~~
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−	~~'''Why is visualization useful?'''~~
−	*'''Running multiple operating systems simultaneously.''' VirtualBox allows you to run more than one operating system at a time. This way, you can run software written for one operating system on another (for example, Windows software on Linux or a Mac) without having to reboot to use it. Since you can configure what kinds of "virtual" hardware should be presented to each such operating system, you can install an old operating system such as DOS or OS/2 even if your real computer's hardware is no longer supported by that operating system.
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−	*'''Easier software installations.''' Software vendors can use virtual machines to ship entire software configurations. For example, installing a complete mail server solution on a real machine can be a tedious task. With VirtualBox, such a complex setup (then often called an "appliance") can be packed into a virtual machine. Installing and running a mail server becomes as easy as importing such an appliance into VirtualBox.
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−	*'''Testing and disaster recovery.''' Once installed, a virtual machine and its virtual hard disks can be considered a "container" that can be arbitrarily frozen, woken up, copied, backed up, and transported between hosts.
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−	:On top of that, with the use of another VirtualBox feature called "snapshots", one can save a particular state of a virtual machine and revert back to that state, if necessary. This way, one can freely experiment with a computing environment. If something goes wrong (e.g. after installing misbehaving software or infecting the guest with a virus), one can easily switch back to a previous snapshot and avoid the need of frequent backups and restores.
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−	~~:Any number of snapshots can be created, allowing you to travel back and forward in virtual machine time. You can delete snapshots while a VM is running to reclaim disk space.~~
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−	*'''Infrastructure consolidation.''' Virtualization can significantly reduce hardware and electricity costs. Most of the time, computers today only use a fraction of their potential power and run with low average system loads. A lot of hardware resources as well as electricity is thereby wasted. So, instead of running many such physical computers that are only partially used, one can pack many virtual machines onto a few powerful hosts and balance the loads between them.

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 = Description =
 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).

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