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To create a new VM in VirtualBox click on the “New” button at the top of the window shown in 2a.

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Another window will open called “Name and Operating System.” Follow along with 2b, filling out each section of information. If you know how much memory your computer has, ideally, assigned half of it to your VM. If you don't know how much memory your computer has, leave the memory size as default. Leave "Hard Disk" as default, unless you have a prior VM setup that you would like to assign to this VM.

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Your VM has now been created in Oracle VirtualBox. To open your VM, click the “Start” button illustrated in 2c. Each platform and version number of VirtualBox looks and operates differently. When you are prompted for the “image” or “ISO."

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Have you ever needed to use a different operating system than you currently use? Do you primarily use Microsoft Windows, but need MacOS or Linux? This is a common experience for educators and students within the technical field. Educators needing to create content for a course or lesson often require access to operating systems and software they do not have. Virtual machines aid in this dilemma. I suggest trying VirtualBox by Oracle. It is open-source, meaning it's free to everyone and cross-platform, accommodating MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Let me explain how to download VirtualBox and create a VM (Virtual Machine).

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VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product 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 3. See " About VirtualBox" for an introduction.

Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7, 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD.

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 Oracle ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.

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VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product 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 3.

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Visit https://www.virtualbox.org/ to get started and click on the blue box that says "Download VirtualBox" as illustrated in 1a.

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Specify the download location of your operating system of choice for the VM you created. Some versions of VirtualBox prompt you for the image or ISO during the setup process and others afterwards when you run it for the first time like in 2d.

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VirtualBox is a cross-platform software, it is offered in Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems. Choose your OS platform by clicking the name shown in 1b. After the download finishes, install VirtualBox and run the application.