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VirtualBox 1.6.0

image2 New version of VirtualBox package from the company InnoTek. This family of products for any architecture, is a tool for virtualization both for corporate and home users. In contrast, alternative development, this solution is distributed as software with open source. The program runs on virtually all modern operating systems, ranging from Windows and Solaris finishing with MacOS X, while supporting a large number of guest OS, among them: Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS / Windows 3 . x, Linux (kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6), OpenBSD, and others.

VirtualBox practically does not yield to such commercial developments (apart from the sometimes slow speed of work). There are tools to work with peripherals on the main PC, perhaps the inclusion in the network, remote control, there are means to exchange files, as well as special packages with software and drivers for the guest OS, which are intended to increase productivity.

Of the major innovations is the emergence of the possibility of using the programme for Solaris platforms and Mac OS X, the improved system works with systems Linux and Solaris (from domestic additions). Included new API for web-services, the possibility of using a virtual hard disk as a full SATA-device (controller AHCI) among the guest OS, as well as experimental support for Physical Address Extension (PAE). As usual, corrected more than a dozen different bugs (more).

Judging by the visual program, it is now called Sun xVM VirtualBox. It seems right at her, as well as the entire company acquired InnoTek Corporation Sun Microsystems, which has now become a full-fledged players in the market means virtualization almost equally with VMWare and Microsoft. When using this version had trouble with the latest release of Ubuntu operating system version 8.04, which is no way to boot into virtual machine environment. When working with the family of Windows systems No deviations observed. To work at full capacity with VirtualBox need at first start to register by entering your name and email address.