VirtualBox is one of the most popular platforms for creating virtual environments as it provides the end user with a set of simple and complete tools with comprehensive management of each virtual machine. This platform is available for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (AMD64 / Intel64) architectures and is completely free as it is open source.
How to activate Virtualization in Windows 11
VirtualBox Features
Among the features of VirtualBox we have:
- It is capable of running 64-bit host operating systems
- It gives us the possibility to run virtual machines created on a host on another host that has a different operating system, that is, we can create a virtual machine on Windows and then run it on Linux without problems
- Integrates Guest Additions which add more functions such as shared folders, seamless windows, 3D virtualization and more
- Full ACPI support
- Support for USB devices up to version 3.0
- Integrated iSCSI support
- Varied multiscreen resolutions
- Guest multiprocessing (SMP) which allows us to add up to 32 virtual CPUs to each virtual machine created
- Allows the creation of groups for greater control
- Remote viewing function of the machine thanks to the VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE)
Operating systems
VirtualBox supports operating systems such as:
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10 RTM (1507/2015 LTSB) build 10240
- Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607/2016 LTSB) build 14393
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709) build 16299
- Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) build 17134
- Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809/2019 LTSC) build 17763
- Windows 10 May 2019 Update (19H1 / 1903) build 18362
- Windows 10 November 2019 Update (19H2 / 1909) build 18363
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- 10.13 (High Sierra)
- 10.14 (Mojave)
- 10.15 (Catalina)
- Big sur
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 19.03, 19.10, 20.04 and 20.10
- CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8
- Fedora 30 to 35
