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    VirtualBox 1.6

    Posted on Friday, May 02 2008 @ 23:34:42 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

    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.

    This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

    • Solaris and Mac OS X host support
    • Seamless windowing for Linux and Solaris guests
    • Guest Additions for Solaris
    • A webservice API
    • SATA hard disk (AHCI) controller
    • Experimental Physical Address Extension (PAE) support

    In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

    • GUI: added accessibility support (508)
    • GUI: VM session information dialog
    • VBoxHeadless: renamed from VBoxVRDP
    • VMM: reduced host CPU load of idle guests
    • VMM: many fixes for VT-x/SVM hardware-supported virtualization
    • ATA/IDE: better disk geometry compatibility with VMware images
    • ATA/IDE: virtualize an AHCI controller
    • Storage: better write optimization, prevent images from growing unnecessarily.
    • Network: support PXE booting with NAT
    • Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for Nexenta guests
    • NAT: improved builtin DHCP server (implemented DHCPNAK response)
    • NAT: port forwarding stopped when restoring the VM from a saved state
    • NAT: make subnet configurable
    • XPCOM: moved to libxml2
    • XPCOM: fixed VBoxSVC autostart race
    • Audio: SoundBlaster 16 emulation
    • USB: fixed problems with USB 2.0 devices
    • MacOS X: fixed seamless mode
    • MacOS X: better desktop integration, several look’n’feel fixes
    • MacOS X: switched to Quartz2D framebuffer
    • MacOS X: added support for shared folders
    • MacOS X: added support for clipboard integration
    • Solaris: added host audio playback support (experimental)
    • Solaris: made it possible to run VirtualBox from non-global zones
    • Shared Folders: made them work for NT4 guests
    • Shared Folders: many bugfixes to improve stability
    • Seamless windows: added support for Linux guests
    • Linux installer: support DKMS for compiling the kernel module
    • Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.25
    • Windows host: support for USB devices has been significantly improved; many additional USB devices now work
    • Windows Additions: automatically install AMD PCNet drivers on Vista guests
    • Linux additions: several fixes, experimental support for RandR 1.2
    • Linux additions: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.25

    Program Information

    Category:
    Tools and Utilities
    Type:
    Free


    Version:
    1.6
    Size:

    Works on:
    All platforms


    Product page: here

    Download: VirtualBox 1.6

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