Requirements For VirtualBox. Oracle VM VirtualBox is an free and open-source tool that you can use to run virtual servers on any computer using an x86-type processor, such as the common Intel and ...

Oracle has updated its open source VirtualBox virtualization software to make it more suitable for widescale enterprise deployments, the company announced Tuesday.

Back to the issue: for my virtual machine, I used to use VMWare, but I switched over to Sun (now Oracle) VirtualBox several years ago. Generally, I’ve been quite happy with VirtualBox.

Oracle uses VirtualBox as the base hypervsior for Oracle VDI (virtual desktop interface) offering, which organizations use to stream virtual desktops to worker computers.