VirtualBox 5.0.12

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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.

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 5.0.12 is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

GUI: fixed wrong scrolling behaviour in the VM selector window when a VM item is dragged out of the chooser-pane area
GUI: fixed the validation of IPv6 port-forwarding rules
GUI: suppress the first-run wizard if a CD/DVD medium is inserted using the selector UI
GUI: fixed the Ctrl+Break key sequence scan codes (bug #14927)
GUI: improved handling of text selection mouse pointer (bug #750)
Host services: fixed a crash during VM shutdown under rare conditions (5.0.6 regression; bug #14841)
Shared folders: fixed a sharing violation if a file is opened to check the attributes (Windows hosts only; bug #14450)
Webcam: passthrough fix for certain devices (Mac OS X hosts only)
XHCI: fixed broken emulation if software virtualization is used
XHCI: several fixes
3D: fixed state handling under certain conditions (bug #13487)
Audio: several fixes
BIOS: added LBA64 support for being able to boot from huge hard disks (bug #7415)
EFI: fix for Windows 10 guests
ExtPack: before installing an Extension Pack check if there are VMs running to prevent file system locking issues
rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes
Windows hosts: fixed hang when using VBoxAuthSimple library for VRDP external authentication (bug #14931)
Windows hosts: fixed a regression which prevented it to attach to a physical network adapter having TCP/IP disabled (bug #14578)
Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused multi-port adapters to be shown as a single adapter (bugs #14558, #14622)
Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused created host-only adapters to not appear in the list (bug #14437)
Windows hosts: fixed host-only adapter creation issues related to Windows 10 (bugs #14040, #14545)
Linux hosts: .desktop file compatibility issue (bug #14808)
Linux hosts / guests: fixes for RHEL 7.2 (bug #14866)
The command for recompiling the host kernel modules was changed again, to /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup (bug #14723)
Linux hosts: some fixes for PCI passthrough (still highly experimental)
Linux/Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM hang during startup under certain circumstances (bug #14933)
Solaris hosts: added Python 2.7 bindings
Mac OS X hosts: fixed a possible crash when the default input or output audio device changes
Mac OS X hosts: fixed a panic under certain conditions
Linux Additions: prevent the compiler from doing dead-code elemination on vital code in guest / host communication (bug #14497)
Linux Additions: when mounting a shared folder, explicitly pass the share name so that /proc/mounts contains this name instead of 'none'
Linux Additions: workaround for a systemd problem in conjunction with SELinux which prevented to properly enable the 'vboxadd' service during while upgrading the Additions