Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool—but you'll have to do some tinkering to make it work for you.

Oracle's VirtualBox, a free and open-source virtualization app, has long let you run almost any x86 operating system virtually on compatible host machines with Linux, macOS, or Windows.

Oracle has said that the latest iteration of its virtualisation software VM VirtualBox will deliver improved overall capacity, ease of use and scalability in comparison to earlier versions.Oracle ...

Oracle VM VirtualBox allows users to run nearly any standard x86 OS to run applications that are not available natively on their systems.

Both VMware Workstation 7.1 and Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2 are excellent desktop virtualization products -- in terms of general Windows application usage, both perform extremely well and are ...

News Summary Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.3 introduces a virtual multi-touch user interface, supports additional devices and platforms, and provides enhanced networking capabilities enabling developers ...

Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0 also offers support for USB 3.0 devices, so “you can plug in a video camera, for example, and expose that device directly into your virtual machine,” Coekaerts said.

If you want install Oracle Linux on Oracle VirtualBox, you can follow this guide to download the VM tool, ISO file, and create the VM.

VirtualBox 4.2 appears to be another solid release for Oracle, putting the company one step closer to joining the conversation with VMware and Parallels products.

Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool—but you'll have to do some tinkering to make it work for you.