开源虚拟机 VirtualBox 4.1.6 发布

     <p></p>    <p><a href="/misc/goto?guid=4958197804256711547" target="_blank">VirtualBox </a>原先是德国一家软件公司InnoTek所开发的虚拟系统软件（已被SUN收购，而SUN已被Oracle收购），它不仅具有丰富的特色，而且性能 也很优异。VirtualBox 可以在 Linux 和 Windows 主机中运行，并支持在其中安装 Windows (NT 4.0、2000、XP、Server 2003、Vista)、DOS/Windows 3.x、Linux (2.4 和 2.6)、OpenBSD 等系列的客户操作系统。假如你曾经有用过虚拟机软件的经历的话，相信使用 VirtualBox 不在话下。即便你是一个新手，也没有关系。VirtualBox 提供了详细的文档，可以助你在短期内入门。<br /> <img title="virtualbox.png" border="0" alt="virtualbox.png" src="https://simg.open-open.com/show/824c75574be86878cac58a2956feb9d2.png" width="90" height="90" /></p>    <p style="font-weight:bold;">VirtualBox 4.1.6 是一个维护版本，主要是 bug 的修复，内容包括：</p>    <ul>     <li>VRDP: fixed screen corruption</li>     <li>NAT: the interface stopped working after a lot of failed ICMP requests (bug #9371)</li>     <li>E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223)</li>     <li>ATA: fixed a possible crash during ATAPI passthrough with certain guests</li>     <li>ATA: improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels</li>     <li>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</li>     <li>Mac OS X hosts: fixed the problem with duplicate packets when bridged to a wireless interface (bug #9648)</li>     <li>Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15 (bug #9799)</li>     <li>Linux hosts: don’t call del_timer_sync from an interrupt context (Fedora bug report 746331)</li>     <li>Windows Vista and 7 guests: more WDDM fixes</li>     <li>Linux Additions: fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 (bug #9709)</li>     <li>Linux Additions: install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests</li>     <li>Solaris Additions: added read-only mmap support for shared folders</li>     <li>Solaris Additions: added directory, file mode and mask options for shared folders</li>     <li>Windows Additions: implemented faster detection of logged-in guest users and stale sessions</li>     <li>X.Org Additions: fixed graphical corruption when switching to a virtual terminal (bug #9490) </li>    </ul>    <p>在 Ubuntu 11.10 下的安装方法如下：</p>    <p>首先编辑 sources.list</p>    <p>gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list</p>    <p>增加如下一行</p>    <p>deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib</p>    <p>如果是 Ubuntu 11.04 则是增加</p>    <p>deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib</p>    <p>保存退出，然后：</p>    <p>wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -</p>    <p>更新 sources.list 文件</p>    <p>sudo apt-get update</p>    <p>开始安装</p>    <p>sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1<br /> sudo apt-get install dkms</p>