{"id":47220,"date":"2024-09-12T16:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T16:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47220"},"modified":"2024-09-12T16:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T16:02:17","slug":"virtualbox-initial-arm-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/virtualbox-initial-arm-support\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox 7.1.0 Released! Modern New Icon \/ UI, Initial Arm Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oracle finally announced the release of new major VirtualBox 7.1.0 after almost 2 years since the last feature release.<\/p>\n

The release introduced a new logo icon<\/b> with flat design, and re-fined the UI with modern look and feel. The Preferences<\/i> and VM Settings<\/i> dialog now include Basic<\/b> and Expert<\/b> tabs that will show\/hide some extra settings.<\/p>\n

It improved the font in Settings\/Preferences to make the text more easy to read, as well it provides a “Search Box” in the dialog for searching settings. And, each VM now has new splash screen at very beginning of startup.<\/p>\n

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VirtualBox VM startup splash<\/p><\/div>\n

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Besides new icon and UI changes, VirtualBox 7.1.0 added initial Arm CPU architecture type support<\/b>. It now provides an installer for Mac OS on Apple Silicon, and supports Arm virtualization for Linux and BSD VMs.<\/p>\n

For Linux, it finally added clipboard sharing support for Wayland on both host and guest. The unattended Installation feature has been updated with support for ubiquity- \/ cloud-init-based installers, and specifying separate passwords for the user and admin \/ root accounts. As well, the API bindings for Python 2.x is now marked as deprecated.<\/p>\n

Sadly, for me the most annoying issue that heavy screen flickering on GNOME Wayland guest still occurs in the release!<\/p>\n

Other changes in VirtualBox 7.1.0 include:<\/p>\n