| 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 |
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| Windows Vista (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions |
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| Windows 2000 | Works, with Additions |
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| Windows XP (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions |
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| Windows Server 2012 (also R2) | Works, with Additions |
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| Windows Server 2008 (32/64-bit, also R2) | Works, with Additions |
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| Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions |
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| 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. |
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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 /
6.06 Desktop /
7.04 - 12.10 | Works, with Additions |
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| Ubuntu 6.06 Server/6.10 | Works partially, with Additions | The Ubuntu 6.06 Server and 6.10 kernels suffer from the race condition mentioned above. |
| Debian 6.0 - 8.0 | Works, with Additions |
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| Debian 5.0 | Works, with Additions |
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| Debian 4.0 (32-bit) | Works, with Additions |
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| Debian 3.1 | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller. |
| SUSE 9/10.0 | Works, with Additions | Disable VT-x |
| openSUSE 10.2 | Works partially, with Additions | The openSUSE 10.2 kernel suffers from the race condition mentioned above. |
| openSUSE 10.3 | Works, with Additions |
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| openSUSE 11.0-11.3 | Works, with Additions |
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| Mandriva 2008 | Works, with Additions | Mandriva 2008 has the guest additions for VirtualBox 1.5 installed by default. These should be updated after installation. |
| Mandriva 2009.0/2009.1 | Works, with Additions |
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| Mandrake 10.1 | Works, with Additions |
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| *Mandrake 9.2 | Works, without Additions |
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| Fedora Core 1/4/5/6 | Works, with Additions |
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| Fedora 7-23 | Works, with Additions | Fedora 7 and 9 have problems with Additions. We recommend you upgrade before installing Guest Additions. |
| Oracle Linux 8 | Works, with Additions |
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| Oracle Linux 7 | Works, with Additions |
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| Oracle Linux 6 | Works, with Additions |
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| Oracle Linux 5 | Works, with Additions | 5.3+ Recommended if using VirtIO. |
| Oracle Linux 4 | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller, 4.8+ Recommended if using VirtIO. |
| RHEL7 | Works, with Additions |
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| RHEL6 | Works, with Additions |
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| RHEL5, CentOS 5 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | 5.3+ Recommended if using VirtIO. |
| RHEL4, CentOS 4 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller. 4.8+ Recommended if using VirtIO. |
| RHEL3, OEL3, CentOS 3 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller. Sound broken. |
| * Red Hat Linux 9 | Works, without Additions |
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| * Red Hat Linux 7 | Works, partially without Additions | Requires VT-x, and text-mode only. |
| * Xandros 4 | Works, with Additions |
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| ArchLinux | Works, with Additions | Installation has to be booted with the ide-legacy option. |
Solaris |
| Solaris 10 5.08 and later | Works, with Guest Additions |
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| Solaris 11 | Works, with Guest Additions |
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| OpenSolaris 2008.05 and later | Works, with Guest Additions |
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| Older Solaris x86 releases | Works, no Guest Additions |
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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 |
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| * 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 |
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| QNX 4.25 | Works, no Additions available |
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| * QNX Neutrino 6.32 | Works, no Additions available | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. |
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| 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 |
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| Syllable | Works, no Additions available |
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| * Visopsys | Works, no Additions available | Note there is a bug in the Visopsys installer, see forum post. |
| ReactOS | Works, no Additions available |
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| * SkyOS | Works, no Additions available |
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