Status: Guest OSes

The following table gives an overview of how well VirtualBox supports various operating systems in its virtual machines. Rows marked with an asterisk (*) contain information reported by users and not verified by the VirtualBox team. (Page last updated 2012-06-18)

	Guest OS	Status	Remarks
Windows family
	Windows 8 (32/64-bit)	Works, Additions incomplete/have issues
	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 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	Works, no Additions available	Slow because VirtualBox not optimized for it. Disable VT-x.
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 - 12.04	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	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 7-15	Works, with Additions	Fedora 7 and 9 have problems with Additions. We recommend you upgrade before installing Guest Additions.
	RHEL6, Oracle Linux 6	Works, with Additions	5.3+ Recommended if using VirtIO.
	RHEL5, OEL5, CentOS 5 (32/64-bit)	Works, with Additions	5.3+ Recommended if using VirtIO.
	RHEL4, OEL4, 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
Mac OS X
	Mac OS X Server (Leopard, Snow Leopard)	Works without Additions	See Manual for more information.
Unices
	FreeBSD	Works partially	FreeBSD 6.2 is known to cause problems. Requires VT-x.
	* 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.
	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	Works, with Additions	Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. Only MCP2 is reported to work reliably so far.
	* QNX Neutrino 6.32	Works, no Additions available	Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support.
	* Novell Netware 6.5	Doesn't work
	* BeOS R5	Doesn't work
	Haiku	Works, no Additions available
	Syllable	Works, no Additions available
	* Visopsys	Doesn't work
	ReactOS	Works, no Additions available
	* SkyOS	Works, no Additions available