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Oracle has released VirtualBox 5-0

You can download the binaries here.


Please do NOT open bug reports at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker but use our VirtualBox Beta Feedback forum to report any problems with the Beta. Please concentrate on reporting regressions since VirtualBox 4.3.28.

VirtualBox 5.0 will be a new major release. Here is an incomplete list of changes since VirtualBox 5.0 Beta 4:

• GUI: NLS fixes. NLS strings are now frozen.
  
• GUI: Improved HiDPI support for Windows host, icons/size-hint adjustments.
  
• GUI: Use fast scaling mechanism for integer scale-factors (s. a. here).
  
• Separate UI/VM: fixed completely broken re-attaching to a headless VM.
  
• Drag and drop: fixed hang when reporting host errors such as inaccessible (locked) files.
  
• PCNet: OpenStep fix (bug #10545)
  
• Host-only networking: an attempt to fix some VERR_SUPDRV_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND problems
  
• NAT: Don't forcibly reset/drop all connections when link goes down
  
• AHCI: fixed a possible hand during VM shutdown
  
• Audio: fix audio output if the default output device changes, before this fix it would always stream to the output device being the default when the VM was started
  
• VBoxSVC: don't keep the support driver permanently open
  
• VBoxManage addencpassword: read the command line from the console or from a file
  
• vbox-img: added resize command
  
• X11 Additions: fix for X.org servers with RandR 1.1