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Article: Sun Upgrades VirtualBox.
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- Linux Gram
- Article date:
- December 22, 2009
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Sun Wednesday updated its free desktop virtualization software, xVM VirtualBox, to rev 2.1.
The new cut is supposed to significantly improve graphics and network performance, configuration is supposed to be easier, and it supports the latest Intel processors.
VirtualBox lets users create virtual machines for their operating systems of choice and run cross-platform, multi-tier applications on a single laptop or desktop computer.
It's supposed to be the first major open source hypervisor to support the most popular host operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and OpenSolaris.
It's largely been targeted at software ...