Sun’s VirtualBox lets you install multiple operating systems, offering greater speed and ease of use than its competitors. Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost ...

VirtualBox makes it easy to run multiple operating system guests on a single host. One feature you should be regularly using is snapshots. Here's what they are and how to use them. For a very long ...

One of the current ideas about computing is that the operating system is becoming less important. With many software applications and even your data in the cloud, most of the work that you do can be ...

Last week my colleague Mihaita Bamburic explained how to install the freshly released Windows 8.1 in VMware Player and Workstation, and I wanted to follow that up by showing how to set up the new OS ...

If you've ever wanted to test the Linux operating system, one of the easiest ways of doing so is as a virtual machine. Jack Wallen shows you how it's done. Linux is everywhere — in phones, smart ...

As Oracle continues to digest and dissect the virtualization acquisitions that it’s made, it’s clear that VirtualBox has now officially escaped the chopping block Oracle has continued to develop and ...

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VirtualBox is great for testing out a new operating system, but your virtual machines probably aren't that special when you first set them up. Here are a few tips for making them much easier to ...

Oracle VM VirtualBox is open source software for server and desktop virtualization, which means that it can be bent, shaped and reworkedf in many different ways. Portable-VirtualBox is one trick that ...

Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost everything you need done with your chosen OS. However, sometimes a task demands an OS that you are not currently using. That ...

Shortly after Windows 8.1 Preview was announced at this year's Build conference, Microsoft made it available to install through the Windows Store. The ISO files took a while to appear (MSDN ...

Parent article: VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating systems (Computerworld) ...