VirtualBox

Oracle VM VirtualBox, often referred to simply as "VirtualBox", is an open source hypervisor developed by Oracle Corporation for the management of virtual machines that can run x86-based guest operating systems such as , Linux, Mac OS X Server, , , and Windows. Guest support for Mac OS X is officially limited to the server versions of 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) for users who may need access to legacy PowerPC emulation through Rosetta, although unofficially it is possible to virtualize OSx86 on non-Apple hosts.Status: Guest OSes, Oracle VM VirtualBox. Accessed 2022-10-15.How to Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard in VirtualBox on Windows 7 by Taimur Asad, Redmond Pie. 2010-07-10.
==History==
innotek VirtualBox was originally developed in Germany by innotek GmbH and released on January 17, 2007 as an open source software package. The company was acquired by Sun Microsystems in February 2008 to complement its server products.innotek GmbH, Oracle VM VirtualBox. Accessed 2022-10-15.Sun Acquires Innotek, Network Computing. 2008-02-13. On April 30, 2008, version 1.6.0 of Sun xVM VirtualBox added support for and Mac OS X.VirtualBox, OldVersion.com. Accessed 2022-10-15. Sun itself was acquired by Oracle Corporation on January 27, 2010, which released subsequent versions, starting with version 3.1.4 of what would become Oracle VM VirtualBox.VirtualBox, Computer Hope. 2019-09-03.
==Supported hosts==
As of October 10, 2022, VirtualBox 7.0 requires one of the following 64-bit host systems with support for :1.4. Supported Host Operating Systems, Oracle VM VirtualBox User Manual, Oracle Corporation. 2022-10-10.
*Linux (various) based on 2.6 or later.
*macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later.
**A separate developer preview of an ARM64 installer package provides support for Apple silicon Macs, though a work-in-progress with modest performance through Apple's own Rosetta 2 emulation. Oracle VirtualBox brings Apple Silicon Mac support in version 7.0 beta by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac. 2022-10-14.
* 11.4 or later.
*Windows 8.1 or later.
==References==
==External links==
*Oracle VM VirtualBox official website
**Oracle VM VirtualBox User Manual
* at Wikipedia
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