VirtualBox最早是德国一家软件公司InnoTek所开发的虚拟系统软件,后来被Sun收购,改名为Sun VirtualBox,性能有很大的提高.因为他是开源的,不同于VM,而且功能强大,可以在 Linux/Mac 和 Windows 主机中运行,并 支持在其中安装 Windows (NT 4.0、2000、SP、Server 2003、Vista)、DOS/Windows 3.x、Linux (2.4 和 2.6)、OpenBSD 等系列的客户操作系统.假如你曾经有用过虚拟机软件的经历的话,相信使用 VirtualBox 不在话下。即便你是一个新手,也没有关系。VirtualBox 提供了详细的文档,可以助你在短期内入门.
随着 Sun Microsystems 被 Oracle 的收购,现在 VirtualBox 改名叫 Oracle VM VirtualBox 了。
VirtualBox 5.0.24 (released 20160628)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: reverted to the old I/OAPIC code for now to fix certain regressions with 5.0.22 (bug #15529). This means that the networking performance with certain guests will drop to the 5.0.20>
level (bug #15295). One workaround is to disable GRO for Linux guests.
Main: when taking a screenshot, don`t save garbage for blanked screens
NAT: correctly parse resolv.conf file with multiple separators (5.0.22 regression)
Storage: fixed a possible corruption of stream optimized VMDK images from VMware when opened in read/write mode for the first time
Audio: imlemented dynamic reattaching of input/output devices on Mac OS X hosts
ACPI: notify the guest when the battery / AC state changes instead of relying on guest polling
Linux hosts: fixed VERR_VMM_SET_JMP_ABORTED_RESUME Guru Meditations on hosts with Linux 4.6 or later (bug #15439)
Solaris hosts: make the GUI work on Solaris 10 again (bug #15549)