VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7, 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD.
Some of the features of VirtualBox are:
- Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don"t have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox.
- Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.
VirtualBox 7.1.2 changelog:
- GUI: Added multiple window layout and translation related fixes
- GUI: Fixed an issue that meant VMs created using Unattended Install were not removed cleanly
- GUI: Added an option to change the remote display security method
- GUI: Removed the BETA label from the macOS/Arm UI
- NAT: Fixed slow performance on Windows host (bugs #22164 and #22180)
- NAT: Fixed DHCP problems with certain guests when domain is empty
- 3D: Fixed enabling 3D acceleration in the VM settings
- 3D: Fixed black screen with Windows VMs
- 3D: Fixed rendering issues caused by incorrect view handling
- 3D: Added possibility to enable 3D acceleration function for Arm platform VMs
- GCM: Fixed problem with loading saved state created by 7.0.x
- API: Fixed an issue with incorrect handling of NVRAM state with legacy BIOS and its removal on VM deletion
- API: Fixed UEFI Secure Boot state querying when the VM was never started
- Guest Additions: Fixed error message on automatic upgrading
- SDK: Fixed building code using the XPCOM bindings (bug #22174)
Download: VirtualBox 7.1.2 | 106.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: VirtualBox 7.1.2 Extension Pack | 21.8 MB
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