Download VirtualBox 4.1.6

Oracle has released the third update for VirtualBox version 4.1. VirtualBox can be used to install other operating systems in a virtual environment on a computer. In this way it is possible to use different operating systems on the same hardware side by side and at the same time. VirtualBox is available for Windows XP and above, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris, and is capable of many guest operating systems to turn.

The VirtualBox download contains only open source components. Some features, including support for USB 2.0 ports and the remote display protocol, are closed source and can be added by installing the VirtualBox Extension Pack. This one extension is under a Personal Use and Evaluation license, i.e. PUEL. In version 4.1.6 the following changes and improvements have been made:

The following items were fixed and/or added:

• VRDP: fixed screen corruption
• NAT: the interface stopped working after a lot of failed ICMP requests (bug #9371)
• E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223)
• ATA: fixed a possible crash during ATAPI passthrough with certain guests
• ATA: improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels
• Main: fixed incorrect framebuffer information after leaving the fullscreen mode with X11 guests, this lead to a scrambled preview window in the GUI for example
• Mac OS X hosts: fixed the problem with duplicate packets when bridged to a wireless interface (bug #9648)
• Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15 (bug #9799)
• Linux hosts: don’t call del_timer_sync from an interrupt context (Fedora bug report 746331)
• Windows Vista and 7 guests: more WDDM fixes
• Linux Additions: fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 (bug #9709)
• Linux Additions: install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests
• Solaris Additions: added read-only mmap support for shared folders
• Solaris Additions: added directory, file mode and mask options for shared folders
• Windows Additions: implemented faster detection of logged-in guest users and stale sessions
• X.Org Additions: fixed graphical corruption when switching to a virtual terminal (bug #9490)

VirtualBox 4.0.0 screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.