14 DAY TRIAL // Oracle announced the release of yet another stable maintenance update to the VirtualBox 5.1 series of the popular, cross-platform, and open-source virtualization software.
VirtualBox 5.1.10 is here exactly two months after the previous point release, namely VirtualBox 5.1.8, and we have some good news for Linux users, as Oracle added initial support for the upcoming Linux 4.9 kernel, which will be released in the second week of December 2016. It also fixes the Linux kernel module override rule in Linux Additions.
Now, it looks like VirtualBox 5.1.10 adds a bunch of GUI improvements that should enhance the usability of the software. For example, Oracle's developers tried to address various issues in the Unscaled HiDPI Output mode, implement Print Screen-related actions to the VM Input menu, and patch a crash/hang bug with accessibility support enabled.
Handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image was improved
Among other noteworthy improvements that landed in VirtualBox 5.1.10, we can mention better handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image by also attempting to use the rest of the available virtual optical drives, and it's now possible to specify the USB revision in hexadecimal format in the USB filter settings dialog.
"Improved handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image by trying all available optical drives rather than only the first one and by not asking the user if he wants to force unmounting (which doesn't work in most cases anyway)," reads the release announcement of VirtualBox 5.1.10.
Last but not least, VirtualBox 5.1.10 makes the API to default to RTC using UTC for Solaris 11 guests, adds a hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971, fixes a couple of bugs for both Solaris and Windows Additions, improves building of VirtualBox on systems that use Python 3, and addresses NAT and audio regressions.
VirtualBox 5.1.10 is now available for download and you can get the binaries for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems right now from our website. It's a recommended update for everyone using VirtualBox 5.1.8 or a previous build. The full changelog is attached below for more technical details.