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[https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] is a virtualisation hypervisor. It has powerful a GUI included for managing virtual machines. | [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] is a virtualisation hypervisor. It has powerful a GUI included for managing virtual machines. | ||
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{{Warning|Ensure that you do not put <code>virtualbox</code> into your <code>environment.systemPackages</code> when you've enabled it with <code>virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable {{=}} true</code>. If you put <code>virtualbox</code> into your <code>environment.systemPackages</code>, VirtualBox won't be able to access it's driver, and attempting to start a VM will fail with the error NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005).}} | {{Warning|Ensure that you do not put <code>virtualbox</code> into your <code>environment.systemPackages</code> when you've enabled it with <code>virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable {{=}} true</code>. If you put <code>virtualbox</code> into your <code>environment.systemPackages</code>, VirtualBox won't be able to access it's driver, and attempting to start a VM will fail with the error NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005).}} | ||
{{Warning|Ensure that you have enabled virtualization in your UEFI/BIOS options. This can take many forms based on the hardware you have, but without it, VirtualBox won't be able to grab system resources, and attempting to start a VM will fail, usually with the error NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005).}} | |||
== VirtualBox Oracle Extensions == | == VirtualBox Oracle Extensions == | ||
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Oracle VirtualBox Extensions are required if you want to forward usb2 or usb3 to your guests. The Extensions are unfree. | Oracle VirtualBox Extensions are required if you want to forward usb2 or usb3 to your guests. The Extensions are unfree. | ||