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23:57

VirtualBoxes - Free VirtualBox(R) Images

Written By Unknown on Sunday, 11 November 2012 | 23:57

Provide ready-to-use innoTek VirtualBox images for open-source operating systems that can be used for testing and/or security-related purpose, or for anything you wish. News, HOWTOs and much more is available at the project web site.
  
Features
  • VDI images for several open source Operating Systems
  • Default installs come pre-configured to fetch other packages from thei repositories
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We provide pre-built images for several open-source operating systems.
Please note that:
  1. Every image contains the latest software as of the day the image was built. Performing updates is on your own, and may require looking for documentation to read using your favourite search engine.
  2. Default usernames and passwords, where required, can be found next to the download link of each image. You are warmly invited to create your own user, or at least to change passwords, if you intend to use the images in a public environment.
Special purpose images.
GNU/Linux (GNU userland tools running on top of the Linux kernel)
GNU/OpenSolaris (GNU userland tools running on top of the OpenSolaris kernel)
GNU/FreeBSD (GNU userland tools running on top of the FreeBSD kernel)
BSD
Other
  • AROS (website): the installation has been done from the nightly build ISO image.
  • FreeDOS (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
  • Haiku (website): the image has been done from the nightly build HDD raw image.
  • MINIX (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image (MINIX 3).
  • ReactOS (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
  • SYLLABLE (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
  • Android-x86 (website): the istallation has been done from the daily ISO image.
  • Plan 9 (website): the installation has been done from the ISO image.
 Source -
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualboximage/

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Dreamlinux 3.2 on Mac OS X host


Dreamlinux 3.2 on Mac OS X host

Dreamlinux 3.2 on Mac OS X host

 
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02:02

Oracle VM VirtualBox V4.2 released

Written By Unknown on Friday, 21 September 2012 | 02:02



Oracle VM VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox andinnotek VirtualBox) is an x86 virtualization software package, created by software company Innotek GmbH, purchased in 2008 by Sun Microsystems, and now developed by Oracle Corporation as part of its family of virtualization products. Oracle VM VirtualBox is installed on an existing host operating system as an application; this host application allows additional guest operating systems, each known as a Guest OS, to be loaded and run, each with its own virtual environment.
Supported host operating systems include Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP,Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Solaris, and OpenSolaris; there is also a port to FreeBSD.[3] Supported guest operating systems include versions and derivations of Windows, Linux, BSD, OS/2, Solaris and others.[4]Since release 3.2.0, VirtualBox also allows limited virtualization of Mac OS Xguests on Apple hardware, though OSX86 can also be installed using VirtualBox [5][6]
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  • Multiple operating systems on one desktop
  • Cross-platform guests and hosts including Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris, and Mac OS X as a host
  • Teleportation of running virtual machines between hosts without interruption
  • High performance
  • Support for massive workloads of up to 32 virtual CPUs
  • OVF format support
Oracle Announces Latest Release of Oracle VM VirtualBoxRedwood Shores, Calif. – September 13, 2012

Oracle announced the availability of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2, the latest enhancement to the world's most popular, open source, cross-platform virtualization software.

The release builds on previous versions by adding new features such as VM Groups which are designed to streamline management, improving network capabilities, and providing support for new host and guest operating system platforms.
Increased Efficiency, Network Enhancements and Broader Platform Support

Increased efficiency: Making it easier and more efficient to manage larger numbers of similar virtual machines, Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2's new VM Group feature enables grouping of VMs. This allows administrators or users to operate on any number of VMs all at once, through a graphical user interface, APIs, and command line tools.

More flexible VM startup options: VMs that don't need user interaction can now be started within Oracle VM VirtualBox the same way as standard VMs. Virtual machines of all types can be set to start automatically after the host system is booted, allowing virtual machines to be managed similarly to other host services.

Networking improvements:With an increase in the maximum number of network cards per VM from eight to 36, Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2 can be used to simulate complex networks without the need to procure costly hardware.

New network bandwidth controls have been added, and are designed to prevent any VM from taking more than its allocated share of network traffic.The virtual network card in Oracle VM VirtualBox now supports VLAN tagging, allowing VMs to participate in VLAN environments.

New platform support: Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2 adds support for Windows 8, Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion," and Oracle Linux 6.3.New Release Provides Smarter User Interface, Advanced Networking Capabilities and Support for the Latest Platforms

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07:15

VirtualBox 4.2 Release Candidate 4 released

Written By Unknown on Monday, 10 September 2012 | 07:15

Please do NOT use this VirtualBox Release Candidate on production machines. Entering Release candidate phase means that the feature list is frozen. A VirtualBox Release Candidate is meant for evaluation and testing purposes.

You can download the binaries here.

Please do NOT open bug reports at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker but use our VirtualBox Beta/Release Candidate Feedback forum to report any problems with the Release Candidate. Please concentrate on reporting regressions since VirtualBox 4.1.18.

Incomplete list of fixes since VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC3:
  • VMM: fixed a potential host crash triggered by shutting down a VM when another VM was running (only affected 32-bit hosts and 64-bit OS X hosts, 4.1 regression, bug #9897)
  • VMM: fixed a potential host crash under a high guest memory pressure (seen with Windows 8 guests)
  • GUI: a couple of VM group related fixes
  • 3D Support: WDDM: fixed fullscreen without Aero
  • NAT: fixed memory leak when disabling the NAT engine
  • OS X host: installer fixes
  • Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxTray (bug #10808)

VirtualBox 4.2 will be a new major release. The following major new features were added:
  • mproved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes
  • GUI: VM groups (bug #288)
  • 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 (bug #8805)
  • Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth; see the manual for more information (bug#3653)
  • Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris; see the manual for more information (bug #950)
  • Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned. (bug #81)
  • 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 crash triggered by shutting down a VM when another VM was running (only affected 32-bit hosts and 64-bit OS X hosts, 4.1 regression, bug #9897)
  • VMM: fixed a potential host crash under a high guest memory pressure (seen with Windows 8 guests)
  • VMM: improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using nested paging
  • VMM: added support for FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer)
  • VMM: fixed unreal mode handling on older CPUs with VT-x (gPXE, Solaris 7/8/9; bug #9941)
  • VMM: fixed MP tables fixes for I/O APIC interrupt routing relevant for ancient SMP guests (e.g. old OS/2 releases)
  • VMM: support recent VIA CPUs (bug #10005)
  • VMM: fixed handling of task gates if VT-x/AMD-V is disabled
  • GUI: network operations manager
  • GUI: allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content (bug #5561)
  • GUI: allow automatically sorting of the VM list
  • GUI: allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI
  • GUI: allow reset, shutdown and poweroff from the Manager window
  • GUI: allow to globally limit the maximum screen resolution for guests
  • GUI: show the full medium part on hovering the list of recently used ISO images
  • GUI: do not create additional folders when a new machine has a separator character in its name (bug #6541)
  • GUI: don't crash on terminate if the settings dialog is still open (bug #9973)
  • GUI: consider scaled DPI values when display fonts on Windows hosts (bug #9864)
  • GUI: if a bridged network interface cannot be found, don't refuse to start the VM but allow the user to change the setting immediately (bug )
  • Snapshots: fixed a crash when restoring an old snapshot when powering off a VM (bugs #9364, #9604, #10491)
  • Clipboard: disable the clipboard by default for new VMs (see the manual for more information). It can be enabled at any time using the VM menu.
  • Settings: sanitise the name of VM folders and settings file (bug #10549)
  • Settings: allow to store the iSCSI initiator secret encrypted
  • NAT: improvements for the built-in TFTP server (bugs #7385, #10286)
  • E1000: 802.1q VLAN support (bug #10429)
  • Storage: implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode
  • Storage: fixed audio CD passthrough for certain media players
  • Storage: implemented support for discarding unused image blocks through TRIM for SATA and IDE and UNMAP for SCSI when using VDI images
  • Storage: added support for QED images
  • Storage: added support for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images)
  • Storage: added readonly support for VHDX images
  • USB: don't crash if a USB device is plugged or unplugged when saving or loading the VM state (SMP guests only)
  • Solaris additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12
  • Solaris additions: switched to using an in-kernel mouse driver
  • Windows hosts: no need to recreate host-only adapters after a VirtualBox update
  • Windows hosts: updated toolchain; make the source code compatible to VC 2010 and enable some security-related compiler options
  • Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxTray (bug #10808)
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08:11

VirtualBox 4.2 Release Candidate 2 released

Written By Unknown on Friday, 24 August 2012 | 08:11

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, 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, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.

VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Oracle ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.

Features
  • Extremely feature rich and high performance
  • Multi-monitor guest setups in the GUI
  • Special drivers and utilities to facilitate switching between systems
  • Guest virtual machine cloning
New August 23rd, 2012 VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC2 available!
There is the second release candidate of the upcoming 4.2 release available. 
Get a first impression of the new features

Please do NOT use this VirtualBox Release Candidate on production machines. Entering Release candidate phase means that the feature list is frozen. A VirtualBox Release Candidate is meant for evaluation and testing purposes.

You can download the binaries here.

Please do NOT open bug reports at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker but use our VirtualBox Beta/Release Candidate Feedback forum to report any problems with the Release Candidate. Please concentrate on reporting regressions since VirtualBox 4.1.18.

Incomplete list of fixes since VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1:
  • Windows 3.x/9x runs without hardware virtualization again (broken in Beta 1)
  • Booting from SATA disks > 128GB works again (broken in Beta 1)
  • Mixing AHCI and SCSI controllers produces same disk order as 4.1 (broken in Beta 1)
  • OS/2 guests with APM.SYS no longer crash during boot (broken in RC1)
  • 64-bit guests on 32-bit OSX Snow Leopard hosts made the host hang
  • enable "Hypervisor Present bit" for OS X guests
  • Guest Execute fixes
  • GUI fixes
  • EFI fixes
  • Main: validate group name collision with existing VM names
  • Main: don't crash during restoring a snapshot if the chipset type changed in the meantime
  • Disk: allow to restore a VM from a saved state if the VM was moved to a file system where we have to disable async I/O
  • Linux 3.6 compilation fixes for shared folders
  • fixed dkms.conf LF problem

VirtualBox 4.2 will be a new major release. The following major new features were added:
  • Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes
  • GUI: VM groups (bug #288)
  • 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 (bug #8805)
  • Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth; see the manual for more information
  • Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris; see the manual for more information (bug #950)
  • Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned. (bug #81)
  • Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts
  • Enhanced API for controlling the guest; please see the SDK reference and the 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: improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using nested paging
  • VMM: added support for FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer)
  • VMM: fixed unreal mode handling on older CPUs with VT-x (gPXE, Solaris 7/8/9; bug #9941)
  • VMM: fixed MP tables fixes for I/O APIC interrupt routing relevant for ancient SMP guests (e.g. old OS/2 releases)
  • VMM: support recent VIA CPUs (bug #10005)
  • GUI: network operations manager
  • GUI: allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content
  • GUI: allow automatically sorting of the VM list
  • GUI: allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI
  • GUI: allow reset, shutdown and poweroff from the Manager window
  • GUI: allow to globally limit the maximum screen resolution for guests
  • GUI: show the full medium part on hovering the list of recently used ISO images
  • GUI: do not create additional folders when a new machine has a separator character in its name (bug #6541)
  • GUI: don't crash on terminate if the settings dialog is still open (bug #9973)
  • Snapshots: fixed a crash when restoring an old snapshot when powering off a VM (bug #10491)
  • Settings: sanitise the name of VM folders and settings file (bug #10549)
  • Settings: allow to store the iSCSI initiator secret encrypted
  • E1000: 802.1q VLAN support
  • Storage: implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode
  • Storage: implemented support for discarding unused image blocks through TRIM for SATA and IDE and UNMAP for SCSI when using VDI images
  • Storage: added support for QED images
  • Storage: added support for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images)
  • Storage: added readonly support for VHDX images
  • Solaris additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12
  • Windows hosts: no need to recreate host-only adapters after a VirtualBox update
  • Windows hosts: updated toolchain; make the source code compatible to VC 2010 and enable some security-related compiler options
  • NAT: improvements for the built-in TFTP server (bugs #7385, #10286)
This list is not complete. This is a Release Candidate and the code still needs some polishing and not all new features are documented yet. Although we already did a lot of testing and don't expect critical regressions, please backup your data before trying this Release Candidate.

Documentation
We provide documentation targeting both end-users and developers:
End-user documentationThis page is for end users who are looking for information about how to download and run VirtualBox.
In order to run VirtualBox on your machine, you need:
  • Reasonably powerful x86 hardware. Any recent Intel or AMD processor should do.
  • Memory. Depending on what guest operating systems you want to run, you will need at least 512 MB of RAM (but probably more, and the more the better). Basically, you will need whatever your host operating system needs to run comfortably, plus the amount that the guest operating system needs. So, if you want to run Windows XP on Windows XP, you probably won't enjoy the experience much with less than 1 GB of RAM. If you want to try out Windows Vista in a guest, it will refuse to install if it is given less than 512 MB RAM, so you'll need that for the guest alone, plus the memory your operating system normally needs.
  • Hard disk space. While VirtualBox itself is very lean (a typical installation will only need about 30 MB of hard disk space), the virtual machines will require fairly huge files on disk to represent their own hard disk storage. So, to install Windows XP, for example, you will need a file that will easily grow to several GB in size.
  • A supported host operating system. Presently, we support Windows (XP and later), many Linux distributions, Mac OS X, Solaris and OpenSolaris.
  • A supported guest operating system. Besides the user manual (see below), up-to-date information is available at "Status: Guest OSes".
User manualFor up-to-date details, especially on current operating system support and software requirements, please take a look at the current User Manual (online here).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for end usersThe User FAQ provide common questions and answers not found in the user manual.

HOWTOs and tutorialsThe HOWTOs and tutorials section contains documentation submitted by users about how to do interesting things with VirtualBox.

Download VirtualBox
Here, you will find links to VirtualBox binaries and its source code.

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