開源虛擬機 VirtualBox 4.1.6 發布

VirtualBox 原先是德國一家軟件公司InnoTek所開發的虛擬系統軟件（已被SUN收購，而SUN已被Oracle收購），它不僅具有豐富的特色，而且性能 也很優異。VirtualBox 可以在 Linux 和 Windows 主機中運行，并支持在其中安裝 Windows (NT 4.0、2000、XP、Server 2003、Vista)、DOS/Windows 3.x、Linux (2.4 和 2.6)、OpenBSD 等系列的客戶操作系統。假如你曾經有用過虛擬機軟件的經歷的話，相信使用 VirtualBox 不在話下。即便你是一個新手，也沒有關系。VirtualBox 提供了詳細的文檔，可以助你在短期內入門。

VirtualBox 4.1.6 是一個維護版本，主要是 bug 的修復，內容包括：

• VRDP: fixed screen corruption
• NAT: the interface stopped working after a lot of failed ICMP requests (bug #9371)
• E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223)
• ATA: fixed a possible crash during ATAPI passthrough with certain guests
• ATA: improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels
• Main: fixed incorrect framebuffer information after leaving the fullscreen mode with X11 guests, this lead to a scrambled preview window in the GUI for example
• Mac OS X hosts: fixed the problem with duplicate packets when bridged to a wireless interface (bug #9648)
• Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15 (bug #9799)
• Linux hosts: don’t call del_timer_sync from an interrupt context (Fedora bug report 746331)
• Windows Vista and 7 guests: more WDDM fixes
• Linux Additions: fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 (bug #9709)
• Linux Additions: install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests
• Solaris Additions: added read-only mmap support for shared folders
• Solaris Additions: added directory, file mode and mask options for shared folders
• Windows Additions: implemented faster detection of logged-in guest users and stale sessions
• X.Org Additions: fixed graphical corruption when switching to a virtual terminal (bug #9490)

在 Ubuntu 11.10 下的安裝方法如下：

首先編輯 sources.list

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

增加如下一行

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib

如果是 Ubuntu 11.04 則是增加

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib

保存退出，然后：

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

更新 sources.list 文件

sudo apt-get update

開始安裝

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1
sudo apt-get install dkms