


Oracle uses even numbers for minor releases and reserves odd numbers for internal development or test builds. Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1 was released in December 2019. Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1 delivers new features

VirtualBox is ideal for admins looking to consolidate their infrastructure or improve software installations, as well as those who require testing and disaster recovery.

And it supports guest multiprocessing, USB device support, ACPI support, multiscreen resolutions, built-in iSCSI support and Preboot Execution Environment network boot. VirtualBox also provides Guest Additions, which are software packages that admins can install inside supported guest systems to improve performance. In addition, VirtualBox offers multigeneration branched snapshots, which enable admins to revert a VM to a previous state or create an alternative configuration of a VM with a snapshot. For example, admins can run Windows and Linux on a macOS Server or run Windows Server 2016 on a Linux server alongside existing applications. This will allow you to copy and paste between your virtual and host machines, useful when you want to copy outputs from one device to the other.VirtualBox enables admins to run multiple OSes inside several VMs simultaneously. This will improve the performance of your virtual machine by taking advantage of your PC’s 3D hardware and allow you to resize your desktop resolution!Īnother feature this unlocks is the shared clipboard, which you can activate in Devices > Shared Clipboard. Once this is complete, you will need to restart your virtual machine for the new features to take effect.Ĭlose the machine, but before you start it up again, return to the Settings menu and change the Graphics Controller back to VMSVGA and Enable 3D Acceleration. The disc will appear inside your virtual desktop and you will be prompted to run the software. This will prompt you to download the Guest Additions disk image file. To install Guest Additions, you need to complete your installation of Ubuntu in your virtual machine and boot to the desktop.įrom there, select Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD. This includes better integration between your virtual machine and the host machine, as well as improved video support that enables the display resolution options when using VMSVGA. Guest Additions is an extra piece of software that unlocks some more advanced features of VirtualBox.
