Adding virtualbox download link to getting started page

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@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ fully functional Ruby on Rails development environment. The getting started
guide concludes by explaining how to package the newly created vagrant environment
so other developers can get up and running in just a couple commands.
## Get VirtualBox
Vagrant depends on [Sun's VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org) to create all of
it's virtual environments. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for
x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only
professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.
VirtualBox runs on **Windows**, **Mac OS X**, **Linux**, and **Solaris**.
Here is a link directly to the [download page](http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads).
## Install Vagrant
Vagrant is packaged as a [RubyGem](http://rubygems.org/). Since Vagrant is written