VirtualBox 7.2 Virtualization System Released

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Oracle has announced the release of virtualization system VirtualBox 7.1. Installation packages are now available for Rhel 8/9/10, Fedora 36-42, Opensuse 15.6, Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/24.10, Debian 11/12, MacOS, and Windows.

The main changes include:

  • In the graphic interface, global operations have been moved from the loss menu to the side panel located on the left. Tools for virtual machines are now located in separate tabs above the right panel.
  • Improvements have been made to pages with settings in the graphic interface. Control of LED indicators on the keyboard has been enhanced, and Io-Apic has been removed from ARM VM settings.
  • Support for hardware acceleration of video decoding has been added for hosts based on Linux.
  • Support for 3D-slipping using DXMT has been enabled for hosts based on MacOS and ARM architecture. Emulation of NVMe controllers has been improved.
  • Capabilities for nested virtualization on Intel CPUs have been optimized.
  • Added support for Windows systems using processors based on ARM architecture.
  • Guest systems with Windows 11 for ARM architecture can now be launched. A new “Windows 11/ARM” OS type has been implemented in the guest system additions.
  • Compatibility with ARM-based virtual machines saved in VirtualBox 7.1 and ARM VM snapshots has been disrupted. It is recommended to complete the implementation of such virtual machines before transitioning to VirtualBox 7.2.
  • The VBOXWEBSRV Web-Service for management via web interface has been added to components for hosts based on ARM architecture.
  • ACPI support has been implemented in virtual machines based on ARM architectures.
  • Dependencies on libidl and iASL have been removed.
  • Improvements have been made in the virtual machine manager for systems using Windows Hyper-V, including enhanced information display about CPU capabilities and processing of X86_64 and ARM instructions.
  • The address translator operation has been enhanced, including conservation of virtual machine settings and work with DNS servers and NAT Code.
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