VirtualBox 7.1.4 Build 165100 by Oracle VM

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional quality virtualization solution. It is also Open Source Software.  The powerful virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

VirtualBox provides are useful for several scenarios: Running multiple operating systems simultaneously. VirtualBox allows you to run more than one operating system at a time.

This way, you can run software written for one operating system on another (for example, Windows software on Linux or a Mac) without having to reboot to use it.

Since you can configure what kinds of “virtual” hardware should be presented to each such operating system, you can install an old operating system such as DOS or OS/2 even if your real computer’s hardware is no longer supported by that operating system.

Software vendors can use virtual machines to ship entire software configurations. For example, installing a complete mail server solution on a real machine can be a tedious task.

With VirtualBox, such a complex setup (then often called an “appliance”) can be packed into a virtual machine. Installing and running a mail server becomes as easy as importing such an appliance into VirtualBox.

In order to run VirtualBox on your machine, you need:

• Reasonably powerful x86 hardware. Any recent Intel or AMD processor should do.

• Memory. Depending on what guest operating systems you want to run, you will need at least 512 MB of RAM (but probably more, and the more the better). Basically, you will need whatever your host operating system needs to run comfortably. Plus the amount that the guest operating system needs. So, if you want to run Windows 8.1 on Windows 7, you probably won’t enjoy the experience much with less than 2 GB of RAM. Check the minimum RAM requirements of the guest operating system, they often will refuse to install if it is given less. Sometimes it malfunctions instead. So you’ll need that for the guest alone, plus the memory your operating system normally needs.

• Hard disk space. While VirtualBox itself is very lean (a typical installation will only need about 30 MB of hard disk space), the virtual machines will require fairly huge files on disk to represent their own hard disk storage. So, to install Windows 8, for example, you will need a file that will easily grow to several 10 GB in size.

• A supported host operating system. Presently, we support Windows, many Linux distributions, Mac OS X, Solaris and OpenSolaris. Check the user manual of the VirtualBox version you are using which versions are supported.

• A supported guest operating system. Besides the user manual (see below), up-to-date information is available at “Status: Guest OSes“.

Changes in VirtualBox 7.1.4 (2024-10-15):

• GUI: Added latest NLS update for Turkish, Indonesian and Italian languages
• VMSVGA: Improved flickering, black screen and other screen update issues with recent Linux kernels
• NAT: Fixed issue with restoring 7.0.X saved state
• VBoxManage: Fixed breakage of “list vms” and “showvminfo” for inaccessible VMs
• Windows host: Fixed system DLL size checking which failed with Windows 11 24H2 and recent Insider Preview builds
• Linux Guest Additions: Introduce initial support for kernel 6.12 (NOTE: In kernel 6.12, KVM initializes virtualization on module loading by default. This prevents VirtualBox VMs from starting. In order to avoid this, either add “kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0” parameter into kernel command line or unload corresponding kvm_XXX module)
  Linux/Arm Guest Additions: Added possibility to automatically upgrade Guest Additions via Devices menu
• EFI: Added missing LsiLogic MPT SCSI driver again to fix booting from devices attached to this device if the EFI firmware is used (7.1.0 regression)
• EFI: Restored broken network boot support (7.1.0 regression)

Changes in VirtualBox 7.1.2 (2024-09-26):

• GUI: Added multiple window layout and translation related fixes
• GUI: Fixed an issue that meant VMs created using Unattended Install were not removed cleanly
• GUI: Added an option to change the remote display security method
• GUI: Removed the BETA label from the macOS/Arm UI
• NAT: Fixed slow performance on Windows host
• NAT: Fixed DHCP problems with certain guests when domain is empty
• 3D: Fixed enabling 3D acceleration in the VM settings
• 3D: Fixed black screen with Windows VMs
• 3D: Fixed rendering issues caused by incorrect view handling
• 3D: Added possibility to enable 3D acceleration function for Arm platform VMs
• GCM: Fixed problem with loading saved state created by 7.0.x
• API: Fixed an issue with incorrect handling of NVRAM state with legacy BIOS and its removal on VM deletion
• API: Fixed UEFI Secure Boot state querying when the VM was never started
• Guest Additions: Fixed error message on automatic upgrading
• SDK: Fixed building code using the XPCOM bindings

Homepage – https://www.virtualbox.org

Currently, Oracle VM VirtualBox runs on the following host operating systems:

• Windows hosts (64-bit):
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11 21H2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
• Mac OS X hosts (64-bit):
  • 10.15 (Catalina)
  • 11 (Big Sur)
  • 12 (Monterey)

Intel hardware is required.

• Linux hosts (64-bit). Includes the following:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS and 22.04
  • Debian GNU/Linux 10 (“Buster”) and 11 (“Bullseye”)
  • Oracle Linux 7, 8 and 9
  • CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 and 9
  • Fedora 35 and 36
  • Gentoo Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise server 12 and 15
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3

Size: 106 MB

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