On December 12, Oracle He launched a major update to your operating system emulation software. Although it included notable new features, perhaps the most important was support for Linux 5.4, which was then the last version of the Linux kernel. Later, last month it released an update that added initial support for v5.5 of the Linux kernel, but it wasn't until a few hours ago that the company famous for owning Java has released VirtualBox 6.1.4 with full support for Linux 5.5.
The previous version, v6.1.2, started to support Linux 5.5, but did so for host systems. VirtualBox 6.1.4 supports Linux 5.5, both in the host system and in the emulated ones. In addition, they have also introduced some changes, but no really important function. Below you have the list of the most outstanding news that have arrived with VirtualBox 6.1.4.
Highlights of VirtualBox 6.1.4
- Full support for Linux 5.5, including host, guest, and Guest Additions.
- Support for shared folders when repairing has been improved looping images.
- Possibility of informing that EFI support through the DMI table and report that the non-ATA disks are ready.
- Reduced use of stack space for INT 10h controllers.
- Fixed rare ICEBP instruction issue.
- Improved isochronous transfers to virtual machine for USB xHCI.
- The old clipboard option for the modifyvm command has been recovered.
- On Windows, compatibility has been improved of the shared folder with the POSIX semantic add-on and restored the ability to run virtual machines through the Hyper-V hypervisor even though it may affect performance.
- Support for macOS has also been improved.
VirtualBox 6.1.4 is now available from the developer's website, which we can access from this link.