VirtualBox是一款免费的开源虚拟机软件,简单易用,可在Linux、Mac和Windows主机中运行, 并支持在其中安装Windows (NT 4.0、2000、XP、Server 2003、Vista、Win7、Win8、Win8.1)、DOSWindows 3.x、Linux (2.4 和 2.6)、OpenBSD等系列的客户操作系统。VirtualBox支持克隆虚拟机,将64位主机的内存限制提高到了1TB,支持Direct3D,支 持SATA硬盘的热插拔等。
VirtualBox迎来稳定版更新,版本号升级至4.3.14,此次集中修复了大量Bug,提升了软件性能和稳定性,推荐下载更新。
更新日志如下VirtualBox 4.3.14 (released 2014-07-15)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: more fixes for MSR emulation on certain hardware (bugs #12784, #12949, #13034)
VMM: improve MSI handling under rare circumstances (only relevant for the ICH9 chipset)
VMM: fixed #UD exception for 64-bit guests with the EFER.SCE bit and the SYSCALL instruction (VT-x only; 4.3 regression; bug #13008)
VMM: fixed timekeeping after resuming SMP guests
VMM: properly wake up a halted VCPU on NMI/SMI
GUI: fixed a potential crash
GUI: fixed stuck AltGr key on Windows hosts (bug #2537)
GUI: fixed a potential error during the version check
GUI: shortcut change should not require Enter/Return (or other trigger) to confirm (bugs #12828, #12847, #12937, #13087)
GUI: fixed update check which was broken due to changing the location of the root certificates (bug #13096)
VBoxManage: fixed typo in showvminfo –machinereadable (bug #13176)
NAT: fixed inbound half-close (bug #13116)
NAT: fixed slow upload speed under certain conditions (bug #10034)
NAT Network: fixed potential loss of inbound TCP data
NAT Network: fixed potential infinite stalls of TCP connections over IPv6
NAT Network: fixed resets of TCP connections on Windows hosts
NAT Network: fixed inbound half-close on Mac OS X hosts
NAT Network: fixed socket leak on Solaris hosts
NAT Network: fixed ping of mapped host loopback on Mac OS X and Solaris hosts, fixed proxying of IMCP errors on Mac OS X
Host-Only Network: fixed SNMP ifConnectorPresent value on Windows (bug #13143)
Storage: fixed a possible crash with CD/DVD passthrough under certain circumstances
Storage: fixed a crash when trying to open an inaccessible QED or QCOW image (bug #12613)
Storage: fixed data corruption or read errors under rare circumstances
AHCI: fixed a crash under rare circumstances
USB: performance fixes
ICH9: properly reset MSI capability on reset
Keyboard: active modifier keys during suspend were stuck after resuming the host
3D: fixed misbehavior with huge guests (i.e. guest more than 4GB guest memory
3D: several fixes
API: properly detect the Windows 8.1 guest OS type (bug #13090)
ExtPack: cleanup of dangling uninstallation directories
Linux hosts / guests: compile fix for EL7 (bug #12638)
Linux Additions: made 3D pass-through work with recent versions of Mesa in the guest (bug #12941)
Linux Additions: Linux 3.16 fixes (bug #13123)
Mac OS X hosts: when scanning for host CD/DVD devices also consider BlueRay devices
OS/2 Additions: fixed gengradd.dll library name (bug #12785)
Solaris Additions: fixed permissions of files and directories located on shared folders
Windows host installer: fixed the need for rebooting Windows after installation or upgrade, extended logging for NetFlt/NetAdp (un)installation