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VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.

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Supports snapshots

So it is possible to go back to different previous states.

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Free and mostly open source

VirtualBox is available for free with source code available here. A "VirtualBox Extension Pack" that includes virtual USB 2.0, VirtualBox RDP & PXE boot support is available only under a commercial license.

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Easy to use

It is a breeze to create virtual machines on VirtualBox.

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Some features require accepting a non-commercial use license

For instance USB-2 support.

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A solid alternative to VMware Support Open Source!
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