VirtualBox receives major update
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It's no secret you can run various flavors of Windows on Intel Macs using Apple's Bootcamp or other popular virtualization software options like Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion. Any of these work great if you need to run Windows software on your Mac or even test beta software worry free, but a fairly recent discovery of mine might be a better choice. VirtualBox is the free, cross-platform, open-source virtualization software I used to get the Windows 7 beta running on a Mac, and it just received a major update.
VirtualBox 3.0 (Windows or Mac) lets you create a secure virtual environment to run the OS of your choice without effecting anything else on your computer. This means that in addition to being able to run software meant for a different system, you'll also be able test beta software without fear of conflicting with your current regular setup.
A handy wizards make it easy to set up a virtual system quickly.
(Credit: CNET)The new version of VirtualBox offers a huge laundry list of new features and fixes, but the major version updates include the capability to run up to 32 virtual CPUs; run programs (games!) that require Direct3D 8 or 9 (Windows); and newly added support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux, and Solaris.
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Note that it lacks BSD Unix support as a Guest or Host OS except for OpenBSD, but it was really designed for Linux via the Xen program to have kernel mod support.
On the Wikipedia page for VirtualBox, it says that "memory ballooning" feature is in the works. I am really enthusiastic for this technology to become avaiable soon.
Kevin Pan
Open Source Cloud Computing Developer
http://ObjectsOnClouds.org
On the Wikipedia page for VirtualBox, it says that "memory ballooning" feature is in the works. I am really enthusiastic for this technology to become avaiable soon.
Kevin Pan
Open Source Cloud Computing Developer
http://ObjectsOnClouds.org
Kevin Pan
Open Source Cloud Computing Developer
http://ObjectsOnClouds.org
Run winbloze on your Linux machine :)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Compare VirtualBox what authors write in their homepage:
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.
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VirtualBox 3.0 (Windows or Mac) lets you create a secure virtual environment to run the OS of your choice without effecting anything else on your computer.
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- by n25philly July 6, 2009 12:34 PM PDT
- I'm already back to version 2.2.4. The latest version is a mess. I would advise sticking with the older version until this gets some updates
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