VirtualBox is the name of a client virtualization free works equally well under Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. one can create virtual machines for testing such a system without danger of exploitation. It is also a very useful for a developer who needs to run this software on any system without having to install it on his machine.
VirtualBox is available in version 2.2 and this version brings some nice new features:
- OpenGL support under Linux (the first returns speak for a decline of 10% of average performance in games, and the effects of non-functioning of the office)
- Best drivers for the USB and reducing consumption processor when using devices
- Possibility to export the virtual machines in OVF format (Open Virtualization Format)
- Simplified file sharing systems between host and guest in Solaris and OpenSolaris
- Experimental support of USB in the Solaris and OpenSolaris
- Instructions VT-x and AMD-V are enabled by default when creating new virtual machines
- Increase the maximum size of RAM and 16 GB per system prompted a 64-bit host
- Added a C API in addition to C + +, Java, Python and Web Services
- Fixed a problem that sometimes caused the stopping of a file transfer via FTP
The new version of VirtualBox can be downloaded from this page.
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