Sun xVM VirtualBox

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Version: 1.6 || Release Date: 2008-05-06 || License: Freeware Developer: Sun Microsystems

Can the best things in life really be free? Download Sun xVM VirtualBox and find out in less than 10 minutes.

Sun xVM VirtualBox software is the world's most popular open source virtualization platform because of its fast performance, ease of use, rich functionality, and modular design.

This is a PUEL (Personal Use and Evaluation Licenese) version. There is another version (OSE, Open Source Edition). The main difference is that PUEL has USB support in the virtual machine (if I'm not mistaken). You can see all the differences here:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions
(this page is also owned by Sun Microsistems)

And yes, VirtualBox have a Unity or Coherence mode, in that case called Seamless.

Tags: virtualization , linux , intel , virtualmachine , windows

3 Opinions:

by antoontje, 2008-07-04

Is this OK for games, like GTA SA?

by drivinwest, 2008-05-23

I've paid for both VMWare Fusion and Parallels. By all accounts, this piece of software is just as good. Maybe it's even better as it's cross-platform.

Anybody want to buy a Parallel's 3.0 license?

by dmdzine, 2008-05-15 (score: 1)

Definitely a great piece of software...