Does the installation of virtual box harms the MacBook

I am an IT student and I am about to download Ubuntu in my Mac. According to the research I have done I found that a virtual box should be downloaded to run Ubuntu (Please correct me if I am wrong). Does this make my mac run slow? Are there any other ways to use Ubuntu in my mac. Please help me cause I am having a rush time.

It shouldn't harm the MBPr, but you should make a complete backup before proceeding.

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