The following table gives an overview of how well VirtualBox operating systems work in its virtual machines. Rows marked with an asterisk (*) contain information reported by users and not verified by the VirtualBox team. (Page last updated 2020-02-24)
This table reflects operating systems which should work with the most recent version of VirtualBox but without any guarantee. To get a list of commercially supported guest operating systems of VirtualBox, please follow this link.
Guest OS Status Remarks Windows family Windows 10 build 10586 (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Requires AMD-V or VT-x. Windows 10 build 10240 (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Requires AMD-V or VT-x. Windows 8 (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Requires AMD-V or VT-x. Windows 7 (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Windows Vista (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Windows 2000 Works, with Additions Windows XP (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Windows Server 2012 (also R2) Works, with Additions Windows Server 2008 (32/64-bit, also R2) Works, with Additions Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bit) Works, with Additions Windows NT Works, with Additions Some issues with old service packs. Recommended to install service pack 6a. Shared folders not implemented. * Windows 98/98 SE/ME Works, no Additions available Slow because VirtualBox is not optimized for it. Install a 3rd party VESA graphics driver or disable hardware virtualization. Linux family Generally, all 2.4 and 2.6+ kernels work; however, we recommend 2.6.13 or above for better performance. Kernels 2.6.18 to 2.6.18.2 contain a race condition (which was unfortunately backported to the Ubuntu 6.06 Server and 6.10 kernels) that can cause boot crashes in virtual machines. Ubuntu 5.10 /ide-legacy option. Solaris Solaris 10 5.08 and later Works, with Guest Additions Solaris 11 Works, with Guest Additions OpenSolaris 2008.05 and later Works, with Guest Additions Older Solaris x86 releases Works, no Guest Additions Mac OS X Mac OS X Server (Leopard, Snow Leopard) Works without Additions See Manual for more information. Unices FreeBSD Works, with Guest Additions FreeBSD 6.2 is known to cause problems. Requires VT-x. Requires FreeBSD Guest Additions, available as a port emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions. * PC-BSD 1.3 Doesn't work * PC-BSD 7.1.1 Works, no Additions available Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. * PC-BSD 8.1 Works, no Additions available Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. * PC-BSD >= 9.0 Works, with Guest Additiona Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. Requires FreeBSD Guest Additions, available as a port emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions. OpenBSD Works, no Additions available Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. Others DOS Works, no Additions available Only limited testing as part of system installation processes has been performed. OS/2 2.0 and later (32-bit) Works, with Additions Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. OS/2 1.x (16-bit) Works, no Additions available QNX 4.25 Works, no Additions available * QNX Neutrino 6.32 Works, no Additions available Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. Novell Netware 6.5 Works, no Additions available Single VCPU only. BeOS R5 Works, no Additions available Minor issues. PIIX3 IDE needs to be used for good performance. Haiku Works, no Additions available Syllable Works, no Additions available * Visopsys Works, no Additions available Note there is a bug in the Visopsys installer, see forum post. ReactOS Works, no Additions available * SkyOS Works, no Additions available
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