This download link may not be available upon future new release of VirtualBox. Ubuntu is very easy to work with and has all the beauty that every Linux distribution has.ĭownload all the necessary files to install VirtualBox and Download Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS iso file as well .įirst, download VirtualBox according to your host operating system. We choose to install Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Linux as this is the latest Long Term Supported Linux distribution till August, 2016.

Also it has an extension pack for better peripheral device support.

The core package is, since version 4 in December 2010, free software under GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) means it is free to use. For some guest operating systems, a “Guest Additions” package of device drivers and system applications is available which typically improves performance, especially of graphics. Also, VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. It has a very simple user interface so that anyone can easily use it. The answer is very simple as it is the most easiest way to make a system virtualize.

Without this capability, you will not be able to install VirtualBox and even you will not be able to perform any virtualization. You can use any hardware that has a CPU with the capacity of virtualization to install VirtualBox. For the host operating system, I am using an Apple MacBook Pro ( Model Early 2011) with Yosemite Mac OS X. Our guest operating system will be Ubuntu 14.04.3 Linux distribution. Right? Today, we will come to know how to install & configure VirtualBox so that we can install a guest operating system on it.

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