Software-update: VirtualBox 7.2.0 bèta 1

Oracle heeft de eerste bètarelease van VirtualBox versie 7.2.0 uitgebracht. VirtualBox kan worden gebruikt om andere besturingssystemen als een virtuele machine op een computer te installeren. Daardoor is het mogelijk om verschillende besturingssystemen op dezelfde hardware naast elkaar en tegelijkertijd te gebruiken. VirtualBox is beschikbaar voor Windows, macOS, Linux en Solaris, en is in staat om diverse gastbesturingssystemen te draaien. In deze uitgave zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen aangebracht:

VirtualBox version 7.2.0

This is a major update. The following new features were added:

GUI: Moved global and VM tools from hamburger menus to global tools taskbar (vertically on the left) and the VM tools tabs (horizontally above the right hand panel) to make them easier to reachWindows/Arm host: Arm virtualization of VMs added, in the unified Windows installer packageArm host: Virtualization of Windows 11/Arm VMsWindows/Arm guest: Guest additions for new OS type Windows 11/Arm

GUI: Moved global and VM tools from hamburger menus to global tools taskbar (vertically on the left) and the VM tools tabs (horizontally above the right hand panel) to make them easier to reach

Windows/Arm host: Arm virtualization of VMs added, in the unified Windows installer package

Arm host: Virtualization of Windows 11/Arm VMs

Windows/Arm guest: Guest additions for new OS type Windows 11/Arm

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

Arm VMs: Note that the saved state of Arm VMs from VirtualBox 7.1 is incompatible with VirtualBox 7.2, so please shut down such VMs in saved state before upgrading to 7.2 (snapshots with associated saved state created with 7.1 will no longer work with 7.2)Arm host: vboxwebsrv is now included in the packagesArm VMs: ACPI now available3rd Party Tools: Eliminated dependency on libIDL and IASL

Arm VMs: Note that the saved state of Arm VMs from VirtualBox 7.1 is incompatible with VirtualBox 7.2, so please shut down such VMs in saved state before upgrading to 7.2 (snapshots with associated saved state created with 7.1 will no longer work with 7.2)

Arm host: vboxwebsrv is now included in the packages

Arm VMs: ACPI now available

3rd Party Tools: Eliminated dependency on libIDL and IASL

Source: Tweakers.net