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<p>Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and InnoTek VirtualBox) is a <a href="/facts/Hosted_hypervisor/3gX9fKlH">hosted hypervisor</a> for <a href="/facts/X86_virtualization/utQwmdY3">x86 virtualization</a> developed by <a href="/facts/Oracle_Corporation/0z14FygH">Oracle Corporation</a>. VirtualBox was originally created by InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH, which was acquired by <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a> in 2008, which was in turn acquired by Oracle in 2010. </p><p>VirtualBox may be installed on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a> and <a href="/facts/OpenSolaris/7q5ouhPa">OpenSolaris</a>. There are also ports to <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a> and <a href="/facts/Genode/4qRKnnv6">Genode</a>. It supports the creation and management of guest <a href="/facts/Virtual_machine/BLevU3sx">virtual machines</a> running Windows, Linux, <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a>, <a href="/facts/OS%2f2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>, Solaris, <a href="/facts/Haiku_(operating_system)/0urtHJxC">Haiku</a>, and <a href="/facts/Hackintosh/X41NfBlQ">OSx86</a>, as well as limited virtualization of macOS guests on Apple hardware. For some guest operating systems, a "Guest Additions" package of device drivers and system applications is available, which typically improves performance, especially that of graphics, and allows changing the resolution of the guest OS automatically when the window of the virtual machine on the host OS is resized. </p><p>Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and, optionally, the <a href="/facts/Common_Development_and_Distribution_License/f1gcKWVz">CDDL</a> for most files of the source distribution, VirtualBox is <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source software</a>, though the Extension Pack is <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">proprietary software</a>, free of charge only to personal users. The License to VirtualBox was relicensed to GPLv3 with linking exceptions to the CDDL and other GPL-incompatible licenses. </p>