VirtualBox 7.1.10 Update

Exploring VirtualBox: A Comprehensive Virtualization Solution

VirtualBox stands out as a robust virtualization platform, supporting x86 and AMD64/Intel64 architectures for both enterprise and personal applications. It caters to various environments, including server, desktop, and embedded systems, and is distinctive in being the sole professional-grade virtualization solution available as Open Source Software. With compatibility across major operating systems such as Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris, VirtualBox provides a versatile foundation for running a multitude of guest operating systems. This includes a diverse range from various versions of Windows (e.g., NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, and 11) to different distributions of Linux, DOS, Solaris, OS/2, and BSD family systems.

Key Features of VirtualBox

Modularity: The design of VirtualBox is highly modular, offering well-defined programming interfaces and a client/server architecture. This versatility allows users to manage virtual machines through multiple interfaces simultaneously, such as initiating a VM via a graphical user interface while also controlling it through command-line utilities. Additionally, it includes a comprehensive Software Development Kit, enabling developers to create new interfaces without modifying the source code.
XML Configuration: Virtual machine configurations are stored in XML format, which offers independence from the host machine. This effectively facilitates the easy transfer and portability of VM definitions across different computers.

What’s New in VirtualBox 7.1.10

The latest update, version 7.1.10, introduces several important fixes and enhancements, which include:

Resolved a crash issue with ‘guestcontrol run’ on Windows hosts (bug #22175).
Fixed audio device switching problems on Windows hosts (bug #22267).
Addressed multiple installation entries in the ‘Add or remove programs’ dialogue for Windows host installer.
Corrected a crash in the VM Selector process on Linux hosts due to absent libdl.so and libpthread.so libraries (bug #22193).
Removed the libIDL dependency for source code builds on Linux hosts (bug #21169).
Introduced preliminary support for Linux kernel 6.15 (bug #22420).
Added initial support for Linux kernel 6.16-RC0 for guest systems.
Fixed module building issues with the UEK8 kernel on Oracle Linux 9 distributions.
Resolved clipboard paste functionality issues during RDP remote session access.