开源的虚拟机软件VirtualBox 1.6新版发布

对于VMWare、VirtualPC这些虚拟机软件，可能大家都比较熟悉。VirtualBox是德国一家软件公司InnoTek所开发的虚拟系统软 件，它不仅具有丰富的特色，而且性能也很优异。更是开源的，成为了一个发布在GPL许可之下的自由软件。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/Windows3.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。

     * Solaris and Mac OS X host support
     * Seamless windowing for Linux and Solaris guests
     * Guest Additions for Solaris
     * A webservice API
     * SATA hard disk (AHCI) controller
     * Experimental Physical Address Extension (PAE) support
     * GUI: added accessibility support (508)
     * GUI: VM session information dialog
     * VBoxHeadless: renamed from VBoxVRDP
     * VMM: reduced host CPU load of idle guests
     * VMM: many fixes for VT-x/SVM hardware-supported virtualization
     * ATA/IDE: better disk geometry compatibility with VMware images
     * ATA/IDE: virtualize an AHCI controller
     * Storage: better write optimization, prevent images from growing unnecessarily.
     * Network: support PXE booting with NAT
     * Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for Nexenta guests
     * NAT: improved builtin DHCP server (implemented DHCPNAK response)
     * NAT: port forwarding stopped when restoring the VM from a saved state
     * NAT: make subnet configurable
     * XPCOM: moved to libxml2
     * XPCOM: fixed VBoxSVC autostart race
     * Audio: SoundBlaster 16 emulation
     * USB: fixed problems with USB 2.0 devices
     * MacOS X: fixed seamless mode
     * MacOS X: better desktop integration, several look’n’feel fixes
     * MacOS X: switched to Quartz2D framebuffer
     * MacOS X: added support for shared folders
     * MacOS X: added support for clipboard integration
     * Solaris: added host audio playback support (experimental)
     * Solaris: made it possible to run VirtualBox from non-global zones
     * Shared Folders: made them work for NT4 guests
     * Shared Folders: many bugfixes to improve stability