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title: VirtualBox
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# VirtualBox
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Virtualbox_logo.png" width="200" height="200"/>
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VirtualBox is an open source Virtual Machine program from Oracle. It allows users to virtually install many operating systems on virtual drives, including Windows, BSD, Linux, Solaris, etc.
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# Installation
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VirtualBox can be downloaded here:
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[VirtualBox Downloads](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
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There are 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the software available for download. Confirm your OS type before downloading.
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# Setup
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- Sometimes you may need to enable virtualization from your bios settings
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- To set up your first Virtual Machine, download the .iso file from your desired Operating System site.
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- Next you will hit the "New" button in VirtualBox, and name your VM with any name you like.
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- The application will run you though several more configurations. Most importantly, note how much storage you select for
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the drive. This is the maximum size the machine file can be, which will take up storage on your device. Also, not how
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much memory you provide the machine, because these resources will be unavailable to your host OS while running the VM.
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For more information visit the
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[VirtualBox Manual Chapter 1](https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html)
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# Run the Machine
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- Select your new VM, click settings, and navigate to the Storage tab.
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- Next click the Disk shaped "Adds optical drive" Button on the "Controller IDE" line.
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- Choose your .iso file
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- Close settings and hit Start!
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- Now your machine will run and install the operating system on the virtual drive.
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- After you're done with your machine for the first time, go back to the Storage tab in Settings. Make sure to remove
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the .iso file, or remove the empty drive slot. There should only be one.
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Congratulations! You've run your first Virtual Machine in VirtualBox.
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Visit the
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[VirtualBox Manual](https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html) for even more information about using and configuring machines.
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Oracle VM VirtualBox is a powerful cross-platform virtualization product intended for enterprise or personal use. VirtualBox is freely available as Open Source Software under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) version 2.
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VirtualBox extends the capabilties of your existing computer so that it can run multiple operating systems, you can even run VirtualBox inside a virtual machine, to run another Operating system, all on the same PC, the only limits are disk space and memory.
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VirtualBox is a simple solution to:
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- Running multiple operating systems simultaneously.
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- Do not have to reboot to use a specific program that may not be supported by the OS in use.
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- Easier software installations
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- A complete setup of a system can be packaged into a virtual machine.
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- Testing and disaster recovery
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- Can freely experiment with a computing environment, without it affecting anything outside the virtual machine.
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- Infrastructure consolidation
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- Virtualization significantly reduces hardware and electricity costs.
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Virtual box supports a wide variety of Operating systems:
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- Windows
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- Linux
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- Macintosh
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- Solaris Hosts
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- In addition to a large number of guest operating systems:
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(Including but not limited to):
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- Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10)
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- DOS/Windows 3.x
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- Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x and 4.x)
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- Solaris and OpenSolaris
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- OS/2
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- OpenBSD
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#### More Information:
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* [virtualbox.org](https://www.virtualbox.org)
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* [How to setup a local linux environement with vagrant](https://medium.com/@JohnFoderaro/how-to-set-up-a-local-linux-environment-with-vagrant-163f0ba4da77)
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