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VirtualBox 5.0 Launched

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For the people that wan't to try the new version

https://www.virtualbox.org/

Paravirtualization Support for Windows and Linux Guests: Significantly improves guest OS performance by leveraging built-in virtualization support on operating systems such as Oracle Linux 7 and Microsoft Windows 7 and newer.
Improved CPU Utilization: Exposes a broader set of CPU instructions to the guest OS, enabling applications to make use of the latest hardware instruction sets for maximum performance.
Support of USB 3.0 Devices: Guest operating systems can directly recognize USB 3.0 devices and operate at full 3.0 speeds. The guest OS can be configured to support USB 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0.
Bi-Directional Drag and Drop Support for Windows: On all host platforms, Windows, Linux and Oracle Solaris guests now support “drag and drop” of content between the host and the guest. The drag and drop feature transparently allows copying or opening of files, directories, and more.
Disk Image Encryption: Data can be encrypted on virtual hard disk images transparently during runtime, using the industry standard AES algorithm with up to 256 bit data encryption keys (DEK). This helps ensure data is secure and encrypted at all times, whether the VM is sitting unused on a developer's machine or server, or actively in use.
 
If it has 98SE video drivers I might have to play with it.
 
I tried to drag and drop from an XP guest to an 8.1 host. Not only did it crash the XP guest, but it hung apps that were under where I dragged the mouse across the host. /sigh.

I do love VBox tho and I actually use it as part of my workflow for some of my tasks at work.
 
SuperSubZero said:
I tried to drag and drop from an XP guest to an 8.1 host. Not only did it crash the XP guest, but it hung apps that were under where I dragged the mouse across the host. /sigh.

I do love VBox tho and I actually use it as part of my workflow for some of my tasks at work.
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I stopped using it once I realized that spice within KVM could give me comparable video performance. I used to be a Virtualbox junkie, but I kind of got tired of chasing down fixes when a kernel update occurred. Most of the time it was OK but when it wasn't it really wasn't.
 
Between VMware, VirtualBox and the old MS VirtualPC, VirtualBox was always the most unstable and least polished to me. For the peace of mind, the price of VMware Workstation doesn't bother me.
 
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