Oracle VM VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, Oracle VM VirtualBox is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.
Oracle VM VirtualBox is a package of strong x86 virtualization software for enterprise as well as home use.
NOTE:
The binaries from the download section are all released under the Oracle VM VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL).
What's New in This Release:
Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes:
· GUI: VM groups
· GUI: expert mode for wizards
· GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime
· Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration
· Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth; see chapter 6.9, Limiting bandwidth for network I/O, page 96
· Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris; see chapter 9.24, Starting virtual machines during system boot
· Added experimental support for Drag’n’drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned.
· Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts
· Enhanced API for controlling the guest; please see the SDK reference and API documentation for more information
In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
· Mac OS X hosts: sign application and installer to avoid warnings on Mountain Lion
· VMM: fixed a potential host ...