VirtualBox 5.2.20 official release: support Linux Kernel 4.19

VirtualBox is Oracle’s multi-platform open source virtualization software, support GNU / Linux, Windows, macOS and Solaris and other systems. Today, the company suddenly announced the official version of VirtualBox 5.2.20, based on the recent on-line Qt5 technology to bring a more modern general user interface, in addition to a number of useful features to help virtualization tasks. One of the most noteworthy new features is the ability to fully export and store virtual hosts to the cloud.

 

In the new version, Oracle allows users to export virtual hosts to Oracle Cloud (OPC) public cloud services, allowing users to easily deploy virtual hosts on multiple VirtualBox installation instances. Users no longer need to export the virtual host to the mobile hard disk, and then migrated to other computers, only need to download from the Oracle Cloud can easily complete.

Changelog

The following items were fixed and/or added:

  • VMM: fixed task switches triggered by INTn instruction (bug #17979)
  • Storage: fixed connecting to certain iSCSI targets (bug #17507)
  • Storage: fixed handling of flush requests when configured to be ignored when the host I/O cache is used (bug #17573)
  • Drag and drop: implemented support for UNC paths (bug #17146)
  • Drag and drop: fixed resuming operation when restoring from a saved state (bug #17649)
  • Drag and drop: fixed copying files with long file names (> 248 characters) from guests to Windows hosts (bug #17447)
  • Drag and drop: fixed handling files with Unicode names on Windows guests (bug #15501)
  • Drag and drop: fixed copying empty (0-byte) files to / from guests (bugs #14863 + #17443)
  • Drag and drop: fixed copying over files from hosts to Linux guests (bug #16025)
  • Networking: restore connectivity for guests bridged to host adapters that were unavailable temporarily (Windows hosts, bug #17090)
  • Guest Control: fixed hang when using –wait-stdout and/or –wait-stderr (bug #17386). Needs updating Guest Additions
  • Video recording: fixed starting video recording on VM power up (bug #17307)
  • Linux Additions: various build fixes for kernel modules on recent distributions, and made sure modules end up in initramfs files
  • Linux Additions: build fixes for 4.19, thank you Larry Finger
  • Linux Additions: various small fixes for video driver

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