VirtualBox 5.1.30 released

by throwaway0071 on 10/16/2017, 7:09:36 PM with 16 comments

  • by juice_bus on 10/16/2017, 7:21:59 PM

    VirtualBox 5.1.30 (released 2017-10-16)

    This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

    * GUI: translation updates

    * GUI: Fixed double mouse cursor when using mouse integration without Guest Additions, actually a Qt 5.6 bug fixed with QT 5.6.3 (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #15610)

    * Solaris hosts: allow increasing MTU size for host-only adapter to 9706 bytes to support jumbo frames

    * Linux hosts: glibc 2.26 compile fix

    * Windows Additions: 3D related crash fix (bugs #17082, #17092)

  • by 2bluesc on 10/16/2017, 7:30:51 PM

    I used to use VirtualBox on a Linux, but these days I've migrated to KVM/Qemu[0] + Virt-Manager[1]. It's much nicer to use native Linux virtual machine and not have to worry about kernel modules and proprietary licenses.

    That said, the UI polish isn't as nice or intuitive as VirtualBox.

    [0] https://www.linux-kvm.org/

    [1] https://virt-manager.org/

  • by snowwindwaves on 10/16/2017, 7:33:51 PM

    Virtualbox is my go to on Windows. I have used VMware workstation but didn't see any advantage other than the availability of proper support for small businesses or individuals.

    Why do people use VMware workstation over virtualbox?

  • by blowski on 10/16/2017, 7:25:59 PM

    Any particular reason this made it onto the HN homepage?