Installing OS on VirtualBox can be nirvana for people. Thanks to speedy Virtualization offered by Virtualbox, it has become among the most popular/free Virtualization solution. Butdoing so takes time. If you are short on time and want to try various flavors of Linux/Unix, Solaris, it can’ t get better than this.
Here is the complete List of Available OS:
The ready to use VirtualBox images include: (All credits to Virtual box source)
GNU/Linux
- Archlinux (website)
- CentOS (website)
- Damn Small Linux (website)
- Debian (website)
- DeLi Linux (website)
- Dreamlinux (website)
- Fedora (website)
- Fluxbuntu (website)
- Gentoo (website)
- gNewSense (website)
- gOS (website)
- Kubuntu (website)
- LinuxMint (website)
- Mandriva (website)
- Moblin 2 (website)
- moonOS (website)
- OpenSUSE (website)
- PCLinuxOS (website)
- Puppy Linux (website)
- Sidux (website)
- Slackware (website)
- SliTaz (website)
- Tiny Core Linux (website)
- TinyMe (website)
- Ubuntu (website)
- Ubuntu Studio (website)
- Xubuntu (website)
- VectorLinux (website)
- Zenwalk (website)
GNU/OpenSolaris (GNU tools running on the OpenSolaris kernel)
- OpenSolaris (website).
- Nexenta (website): the installation is done from the CD.
- MILAX (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
BSD
Other
- AROS (website)
- FreeDOS (website)
- Haiku (website)
- MINIX (website)
- ReactOS (website)
- SYLLABLE (website)
The versions range from very old to new, beta releases. For instance, they have images for Ubuntu: 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 8.10 server, 9..04, 9.10 alpha 1 and beta.
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