Click VirtualBox’s Add toolbar button, give the VM a name, and set Type to Linux, and Version to Other Linux, with the appropriate bit (32 or 64) parameter matching your distro.

If you want install Oracle Linux on Oracle VirtualBox, you can follow this guide to download the VM tool, ISO file, and create the VM.

Although we're using Windows 7 64-bit as our base OS, VirtualBox runs on nearly any OS, and these tips and tricks are applicable to any serious VirtualBox setup.

If you want to use Kali Linux but don't want to boot from it, install Kali Linux in a VirtualBox VM on Windows 11/10 using the steps mentioned earlier.

The below video by EdgyRootStudios demonstrates how to run Microsoft Windows XP on Linux Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.1.0 using VirtualBox. VirtualBox Carlie Fairchild is Linux Journal’s Publisher and guiding ...