Free open source virtual machine VirtualBox 7.0.4 release: initial support for Linux 6.1 kernel

CTOnews.com November 19, Oracle officially released VirtualBox 7.0.4 today, one month after the previous version 7.0.2. The new version adds initial support for Linux Kernel 6.1 kernel versions and introduces preliminary support for recently released kernels used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7, AlmaLinux 8.7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2, CentOS Stream 9, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4.

VirtualBox 7.0.4 also improved Linux Guest Additions, fixed the rebuild behavior of the kernel module when the system was shut down, and fixed the progress indication when the Linux client plug-in was automatically installed. In addition, the new VirtualBox version also improves the startup scripts for Linux Host and Guest.

CTOnews.com learned that among other noteworthy changes, VirtualBox 7.0.4 added nested paging support for nesting virtualization of Intel hosts, added more informative file manipulation in the Guest Control file manager, added an option in the global settings (display page), allowed users to adjust the font size of the user interface, and added a new menu item to the device menu You can choose to upgrade object additives.

This version also restores the input-to-device behavior in the multi-monitor virtual machine configuration and fixes issues such as fallback in the new virtual machine wizard (the selected virtual disk is deleted when the wizard is cancelled), jams after shutting down virtual machines using the virtio SCSI controller, I / O errors in the VirtioSCSI controller when host I / O caching is enabled, and path handling for guest control.

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