VirtualBox最早是德国一家软件公司InnoTek所开发的虚拟系统软件,后来被Sun收购,改名为Sun VirtualBox,性能有很大的提高.因为他是开源的,不同于VM,而且功能强大,可以在Linux/Mac和Windows主机中运行,并支持在其中安装Windows (NT 4.0、2000、XP、Server 2003、Vista)、DOS/Windows 3.x、Linux (2.4 和 2.6)、OpenBSD等系列的客户操作系统.

软件截图

Ubuntu 9.10 下 VirtualBox 截图。

更新日志

2009-12-17

-VMM: fixed SMP stability regression
-USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (#5237)
-Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive value for new VMs (bug #5664)
-Main: DVD passthrough setting was lost (bug #5681)
-VBoxManage: iSCSI disks do not support adding a comment (bug #4460)
-VBoxManage: added missing –cpus and –memory options to OVF –import
-GUI: fixed VBox URL in update dialog for German and Dutch languages
-GUI: NLS updates
-OVF: fixed export of non standard storage controller names (bug #5643)
-Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPhone)
-Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for the 3D support
-Mac OS X hosts: re-enabled CMD+Key combinations, even if the Host-Key isn’t CMD (bug #5684)
-Mac OS X hosts: fixed to fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is used inside the guest (bug #5672)
-Mac OS X hosts: dock & menubar don’t disappear in fullscreen when the VM is not running on the primary display (bug #1762)
-Mac OS X hosts: added an option for enabling “Auto show Dock & Menubar in fullscreen” (bug #5636)
-Windows host installer: fixed starting VBox with wrong privileges right after installation (bug #4162)
-Host interface and host-only networking: prevent driver from unloading while a VM is still active (Windows host only)
-Host-only networking: fixed host-only interface creation (Windows host only) (bug #5708)
-Virtio-net: don’t crash without an attached network
-Virtio-net: fixed the issue with intermittent network in VM with several virtual CPU cores.
-NAT: fixed port-forwarding regressions (bug #5666)
-NAT: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #5427)
-NAT: fixed resolving of names containing a slash or underscore when using the host resolver DNS proxy (bug #5698)
-ATA: fixed sporadic crash when resuming after a VM was forcefully paused (e.g. due to iSCSI target being unavailable)
-SATA: fixed raw vmdk disks (bug #5724)
-Linux guests: increased the default memory for Redhat and Fedora guests
-Linux Guest Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests and on some 64bit guests
-Linux Guest Additions: prevent SELinux warnings concerning text relocations in VBoxOGL.so (bug #5690)
-X11 guests: fixed mouse support for some Xorg 1.4 guests (openSUSE 11.0)
-X11 guests: fixed xorg.conf modification for some older Xorg releases (openSUSE 11.1)
-Windows guests: fixed some VBoxService shutdown issues
-Windows guests: fixed VBoxVideo spinlock issues on NT4
-Windows Guest Additions: fixed uninstallation issues of NT4
-Shared folders: fixed resolving of symlink target (bug #5631)
-2D Video acceleration: delay loading of OpenGL dlls for Windows hosts to avoid GUI crashes on misconfigured systems
-2D Video acceleration: fixed issues with video picture not displayed on playback

VirtualBox 3.1.2 for Windows

(71.5MB)

VirtualBox 3.1.2 for Mac OS

(66.2MB)

VirtualBox 3.1.2 for Ubuntu 9.10 i386

(43.4MB)

VirtualBox 3.1.2 for Ubuntu 9.10 amd64

(43.5MB)