Status: Guest OSes

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 / 6.06 Desktop / 7.04 - 12.10	Works, with Additions
	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
	Debian 5.0	Works, with Additions
	Debian 4.0 (32-bit)	Works, with Additions
	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
	openSUSE 11.0-11.3	Works, with Additions
	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
	Mandrake 10.1	Works, with Additions
	*Mandrake 9.2	Works, without Additions
	Fedora Core 1/4/5/6	Works, with Additions
	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
	Oracle Linux 7	Works, with Additions
	Oracle Linux 6	Works, with Additions
	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
	RHEL6	Works, with Additions
	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
	* Red Hat Linux 7	Works, partially without Additions	Requires VT-x, and text-mode only.
	* Xandros 4	Works, with Additions
	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
	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