Software Update: VirtualBox 5.0.8

Oracle has released the fourth update to VirtualBox version 5.0. 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, OS X, Linux, and Solaris, and is capable of many guest operating systems to turn.

Version 5.0 of VirtualBox includes support for para-virtualization under Windows and Linux, which should bring performance improvements. Furthermore, more instruction sets from modern processors are supported, there is drag&drop to and from virtual machines and disk images can now be encrypted. In version 5.0.8 the following changes and improvements have also been made:

VirtualBox 5.0.8
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

• GUI: Mac OS X: Restore green zoom button for VM windows (it was hidden in the previous release to avoid native full-screen issues). For Yosemite and El Capitan this button should work accordingly to the Apple HIG: Full-screen by default, maximize if the user holds the Option key.
• Serial ports: fixed wrong IRQ number for the first serial port in the ACPI tables (5.0.6 regression; bug #14659)
• API: fixed a 5.0 regression in VBoxManage setproperty defaultfrontend (bug #14696)
• VBoxManage/vbox-img: conversion to RAW images could result in a disk image containing all zeroes
• Linux hosts: several fixes for systemd integration in .deb / .rpm packages (eg bug #14665). The command for recompiling the host kernel modules was changed to /sbin/vboxconfig
• Linux hosts: make host-only interfaces report operstate UP only when they have VMs attached (bug #14526)
• Mac OS X hosts: fix bpf capture and accounting of traffic on bridged and host-only interfaces (bug #14553)
• Windows guests: fixed 3D rendering issues on high resolution displays
• Windows Additions: fixed problems with 3D acceleration on Windows hosts with Intel HD graphics (bug #14670)
• Linux Additions: fix service starting on Debian systems with systemd installed but not in use (bug #14683)