Articles tagged with virtualbox

1. OS X CLI: Install VirtualBox

   Posted on April 29, 2013 in System Administration

   I decided the other night to begin doing some testing using my headless Mac Mini. I use VirtualBox for all my testing on my Mac OS X systems. Since the Mini is headless, I decided now was as a good a time as any to start using VirtualBox via the …

2. VirtualBox 4.0.4 Has Arrived

   Posted on February 17, 2011 in Software

   Oracle announced the release of VirtualBox 4.0.4 today. This maintenance release addresses many bugs experienced by hosts of all operating systems. You can find a full list of fixes and additions in the Changelog.

   I use VirtualBox on both my Macs for my various testing needs. If you've …

3. VirtualBox 3.2.10 Released

   Posted on October 08, 2010 in Software

   Oracle's VirtualBox 3.2.10 was released today. This another maintenance release for 3.2 that includes a wide variety of bug fixes. Check out the Changelog for more details.

   I use VirtualBox on both my Macs for my various testing needs. If you've got a favorite desktop virtualization program …

4. VirtualBox 3.2.8 Released

   Posted on August 24, 2010 in Software

   Oracle's VirtualBox 3.2.8 has been released. This is a maintenance release that mainly focuses on bug fixes rather than new features. Although I don't think the changes in this release are as prolific as the fixes in 3.2.6, it's definitely worth downloading.

   One key feature buried …

5. VirtualBox Receives Another Incremental Update

   Posted on March 25, 2010 in Software

   After all this time, I still love VirtualBox, the open source hypervisor from Sun (now Oracle). I use it almost everyday on my iMac to either test something in Windows XP or see what's going on in some version of Linux. It's been almost a year since the release of …

6. VirtualBox 3 Keeps Getting Better

   Posted on November 20, 2009 in Software

   If you're like me, you abandoned non-free virtualization options in favor of VirtualBox. I use VirtuaBox every day on my iMac in order to perform Windows or Linux specific tasks. Since Sun released VirtualBox 3 this summer, they continued to improve the product. Check out the ChangeLog to see what …

7. VirtualBox 3 is ready

   Posted on July 22, 2009 in Software

   I use VirtualBox to run a Microsoft Windows guest on my iMac. For some reason, VirtualBox did not notify me that version 3.0 had been released. This new version includes symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for guest systems, Direct3D 8 and 9 for Windows guests, and OpenGL support for Windows, Linux …