= Welcome to !VirtualBox.org! =

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Mar 3, 2009<br>VirtualBox forums updated!</b><br>
The VirtualBox <a href="http://forums.virtualbox.org">user forum</a> was updated to the latest phpBB3 forum software which greatly improves the usability of the forum. This high volume forum is now running as an appliance inside VirtualBox 2.1.4. Special thanks go to community member Terry Ellison for making this happen.
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Feb 16, 2009<br>VirtualBox 2.1.4 released!</b><br>
Sun today released VirtualBox 2.1.4, the second maintenance release of VitualBox 2.1 which improves stability and performance. See the <a href="/wiki/Changelog"> ChangeLog</a> for a list of changes since VirtualBox 2.1.2.
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Dec 17, 2008<br>VirtualBox 2.1.0 released!</b><br>
Sun today released VirtualBox 2.1.0, a major update with exciting new features: among them better 64-bit support, hardware virtualization on the Mac, 3D acceleration, easier networking on Windows and Linux plus full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots. See the <a href="/wiki/Changelog"> ChangeLog</a> for a detailed list of changes.
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!VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 [wiki:"Virtualization" virtualization] products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is !VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See "[wiki:"VirtualBox" About VirtualBox]" for an introduction.

Presently, !VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and !OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of [wiki:"Guest_OSes" guest operating systems] including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and !OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

!VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. !VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Sun ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.

On this site, you can find sources, binaries, documentation and other resources for !VirtualBox. If you are interested in !VirtualBox (both as a user, or possibly as a contributor), this website is for you.

For up-to-date press coverage about !VirtualBox, check this blog: [http://blogs.sun.com/VirtualBoxBuzz/ blogs.sun.com/VirtualBoxBuzz]




==== Download a !VirtualBox Blueprint: ====
 [http://www.sun.com/offers/details/xvm_virtualbox_bp.html "Optimizing the desktop using Sun VirtualBox"] (reg. reqd)

Intro to Sun !VirtualBox. Easily enable multiple virtual machines (VMs) on one desktop and access other operating systems in a native OS environment.


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<h4>Companion projects:</h4>
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<a href="http://www.opensolaris.org"><img src="http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/friends/opensolaris.png"></a>
<a href="http://www.openoffice.org"><img src="http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/friends/openoffice.png"></a>
<a href="http://www.mysql.com"><img src="http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/friends/mysql.png"></a>
<a href="http://www.netbeans.org/"><img src="http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/friends/netbeans.png"></a>
<a href="https://glassfish.dev.java.net/"><img src="http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/friends/glassfish.png"></a>
<a href="http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/home/index.jsp"><img src="http://www.virtualbox.org/graphics/friends/bigadmin.gif"></a>
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