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VirtualBox is a free virtualization application that lets you run one operating system inside another. Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of 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), and OpenBSD.

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 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).

Version 2.0.2 is a minor updates after they releasing their major updates at version 2.0 which fixes issues with Ubuntu 8.10 and QGTKStyle. Also the user interface has been converted from Qt3 to the nicer-looking Qt4, 64-bit guests are supported (with a 64-bit host) and there is major performance improvements. You can find a complete list of bug fixes and updates in the release notes.

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