VirtualBox is a special program for creating virtual computers, which you can download for free from the website diakov.net. Each virtual computer can contain an arbitrary set of virtual devices and a separate operating system. The scope of virtual computers is very wide – from performing software testing functions to creating entire networks that are easy to scale, distribute the load and protect. VirtualBox is free and open source.
There are versions of VirtualBox designed to be installed on almost all operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and OpenSolaris. Any operating system can also be used as a “guest” operating system, including Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, W7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux, and OpenBSD.
The main features of the program include the following:
- VirtualBox can be controlled both through the GUI and through the command line.
- To expand the functions of the program, a special SDK has been developed.
- The parameters of virtual machines are described in XML format and do not depend in any way on the physical computer on which the system is running. Therefore, virtual computers of the VirtalBox format are easy to transfer from one PC to another.
- When using Windows or Linux operating systems on “guest” computers, you can use special utilities that make it much easier to switch between physical and virtual computers.
- To quickly exchange files between a guest and a physical PC, you can create so-called “shared folders” (Shared folders), which are simultaneously available from both of these machines.
- VirtualBox allows you to connect USB devices to virtual machines, allowing the virtual machines to work with them directly.
- VirtualBox fully supports the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) remote access protocol. The virtual machine can act as an RDP server, allowing you to manage it remotely.
The Extension Pack adds the following features:
- The virtual USB 2.0 (EHCI) device; see the section called “USB settings”.
- VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) support; see the section called “Remote display (VRDP support)”.
- Intel PXE boot ROM with support for the E1000 network card.
- Experimental support for PCI passthrough on Linux hosts; see the section called “PCI passthrough”.
Type: installation | unpacking.
Languages: ML.
Cut: nothing.
Integrated: Extension Pack.
Command line switches:
• Silent installation of the Russian version: /S / I
• Silent unpacking of the portable version: /S /P
• It is also possible to select a directory for installation: After all the switches, add /D=%path% Example: installation_file.exe /S /I /D=C:\Program
– VMM: Fixed guru running the FreeBSD loader on older Intel CPUs without unrestricted guest support (bug #21332)
– GUI: Fixed virtual machines grouping when VM was created or modified in command line (bugs #11500, #20933)
– GUI: Introduced generic changes in settings dialogs
– VirtioNet: Fixed broken network after loading saved state (bug #21172)
– Storage: Added support for increasing the size of the following VMDK image variants: monolithicFlat, monolithicSparse, twoGbMaxExtentSparse, twoGbMaxExtentFlat
– VBoxManage: Added missing –directory switch for guestcontrol mktemp command
– Mouse Integration: Guest was provided with extended host mouse state (bug #21139)
– DnD: Introduced generic improvements
– Guest Control: Fixed handling creation mode for temporary directories (bug #21394)
– Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for building UEK7 kernel on Oracle Linux 8
– Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.1 kernel
– Windows Host: Fixed support for VM autostart (bug#21349)
– Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.2 for vboxvideo
– Audio: The “–audio” option in VBoxManage is now marked as deprecated; please use “–audio-driver” and “–audio-enabled” instead. This will allow more flexibility when changing the driver and/or controlling the audio functionality
Download VirtualBox 7.0.6 Build 155176 (208.09 MB):
