14 DAY TRIAL // Oracle announced that VirtualBox, a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well end users, has just reached version 4.1.6.
This update comes in the wake of complaints from various developers, including some that work in Linux kernel development. At that time, some considered the latest VirtualBox to be garbage.
Highlights of VirtualBox 4.1.6:
· VRDP: fixed screen corruption; · NAT: the interface stopped working after a lot of failed ICMP requests. This is now fixed; · ATA: fixed a possible crash during ATAPI passthrough with certain guests has been repaired; · ATA: improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels; · Main: fixed incorrect framebuffer information after leaving the fullscreen mode with X11 guests, this lead to a scrambled preview window in the GUI for example; · Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15 (bug #9799); · Linux hosts: don't call del_timer_sync from an interrupt context (Fedora bug report 746331); · Linux Additions: fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 (bug #9709); · Linux Additions: install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests; · X.Org Additions: fixed graphical corruption when switching to a virtual terminal (bug #9490).
Download VirtualBox 4.1.6 right now from Softpedia.