Sun just released a major update to Virtualbox with version 2.1. New features include:
- Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems. (experimental)
- 3D acceleration via OpenGL (experimental)
- New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and Linux hosts. (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows)
- New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo (ping) support
- Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots
Even if you previously added virtualbox's software repository it will not upgrade you to 2.1 as it is a different package altogether. If you havent done so yet, add the Virtualbox Repo to your /etc/apt/sources.list
Code:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free
remove your old installation of virtualbox 2.0 (depending on which version you installed) with:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-ose
or
Code:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-2.0
update your package index files from their sources:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
then finally install the new virtualbox-2.1 package:
Code:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-2.1
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