Click VirtualBox’s Add toolbar button, give the VM a name, and set Type to Linux, and Version to Other Linux, with the appropriate bit (32 or 64) parameter matching your distro.

A Linux VM can be a powerful tool, but it’s not always the best fit. Here are five reasons you would use one. A Linux VM lets ...

With Windows 10 support due to end soon, many users are looking for an alternative OS, so they don't have to purchase yet another computer. One of the best options for most people is Linux. Modern ...

A VirtualBox host can be run on Linux, Windows, or macOS, whereas a VirtualBox guest can consist of any Linux distribution, Solaris, macOS, BSD, IBM OS/2, or Windows.

VirtualBox is a stalwart of virtualization. It provides a relatively user-friendly and free way to create and manage virtual machines on Windows, Linux, and macOS. However, with the move to Apple ...

Besides being Linux-friendly, Oracle’s VirtualBox runs on Windows, Macintosh and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including, but not limited to, Windows (NT 4.0, ...

We'll be using VirtualBox to handle the virtual machine on Pop!_OS and Linux Mint, both of which are based on Ubuntu. VirtualBox has downloads for most major distros on its site, while some like ...

If you've been checking out the newest VirtualBox beta for Mac OS X, or you're intrigued by Linux but not ready to deal with virtualizing it, the Sun xVM VirtualBox VDI Index—or, as it's ...

VirtualBox downloads are available for Windows, OS X and a wide variety of Linux distributions. I am running Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon on my Dell Inspiron 9400 (1.83GHz Core Duo with 1GB of RAM), so I ...

After the QEMU install was done, the Ubuntu guest remained equivalently slow. Boot time was about 6 minutes as compared to 23 seconds for the VirtualBox Ubuntu guest. Once I got the logon prompt from ...