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+# Lambda Linux VirtualBox Flavor
+
+Lambda Linux VirtualBox flavor is a Linux guest ISO image for VirtualBox
+hypervisor. It is designed to provide a stable, secure and high performance
+local container host. It runs completely from RAM. Lambda Linux is based
+on [Amazon Linux](https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/), the Linux operating
+system that powers [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/).
+
+-----------------------------------------
+
+  * [Features](#features)
+    * [Container Host](#container_host)
+    * [Base OS](#base_os)
+    * [Container Flavor](#container_flavor)
+  * [Installation](#installation)
+  * [How to use](#how_to_use)
+
+-----------------------------------------
+
+<a name="features"></a>
+## Features
+
+<a name="container_host"></a>
+### Container Host
+
+* LTS Kernel [v4.9.20](https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.20)
+* VirtualBox Guest Additions [v5.1.20](http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.20/)
+* Docker [v1.12.6](https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6)
+* Device mapper storage driver in [direct-lvm](https://docs.docker.com/v1.12/engine/userguide/storagedriver/device-mapper-driver/#/configure-direct-lvm-mode-for-production) mode
+* Container and data persistence via disk auto mount on `/var/lib/lambda-machine-local` and `docker-pool` logical volume
+* Rolling release with atomic updates
+
+<a name="base_os"></a>
+### Base OS
+
+In addition to being a stable and secure container host, Lambda Linux VirtualBox
+flavor is backed by a fully featured base operating system with the following
+features &ndash;
+
+| Package Category | Package Name |
+| --- | --- |
+| Editors | vim, emacs |
+| Programming languages | perl, tcl <br><br>gcc48, clang <br><br>ruby18, ruby20, ruby21, ruby22, ruby23 <br><br>python26, python27, python34, python35 <br><br>php56, php70 <br><br>golang16, golang17 (in [EPLL](https://lambda-linux.io/blog/2014/12/15/announcing-extra-packages-for-amazon-linux-and-lambda-linux-project/) Repository) <br><br>nodejs4, nodejs6 (in [EPLL](https://lambda-linux.io/blog/2014/12/15/announcing-extra-packages-for-amazon-linux-and-lambda-linux-project/) Repository) <br><br>java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.8.0-openjdk <br><br>tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 |
+| Databases | mysql55, mysql56 <br><br>postgresql93, postgresql94, postgresql95 |
+| Webserver | httpd24, lighttpd, nginx, haproxy |
+| Shell | dash, bash, tcsh, zsh |
+
+<a name="container_flavor"></a>
+### Container Flavor
+
+The Container flavor of Lambda Linux Base OS, used for development and testing
+is available
+on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/lambdalinux/baseimage-lambda).
+
+For your workloads on AWS we recommend
+using [baseimage-amzn](https://github.com/lambda-linux/baseimage-amzn)
+or
+[Amazon Linux Container Image](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/amazon_linux_container_image.html),
+so you can be supported by Amazon Linux team.
+
+<a name="installation"></a>
+## Installation
+
+Installation should be performed
+via
+[Lambda Machine Local](https://github.com/lambda-linux/lambda-machine-local/releases).
+The ISO image can also be
+downloaded [here](https://github.com/lambda-linux/lambda-linux-vbox/releases).
+
+<a name="how_to_use"></a>
+## How to use
+
+Lambda Linux VirtualBox flavor is used
+via
+[Lambda Machine Local](https://github.com/lambda-linux/lambda-machine-local/releases) which
+leverages VirtualBox's `VBoxManage` to initialize, start, stop and delete the VM
+right from the command line.