VirtualBox 7.0.12

by neustradamus on 10/17/2023, 11:12 PM with 56 comments
  • by kstrauser on 10/18/2023, 3:15 AM

    Lovely piece of software, but if you turn off the lights and say “Extension Pack” 3 times, an Oracle lawyer climbs out of the screen and hits you with an audit.

  • by bbkane on 10/18/2023, 3:25 AM

    I needed a local VM ony Mac recently, but luckily I found Lima via this blog post [0].

    So glad Lima works so well and I don't have to worry about running afoul of Oracle's extension pack licensing.

    [0] https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/07/10/lima--a-nice-way-to-run-linu...

  • by malux85 on 10/18/2023, 4:47 AM

    I used to use virtual box simply because it was free and convenient, but I recently switched to KVM + libvirtd and holy smokes, the vms are running much faster,

    A lot of my work is CPU bound on my hobby project (https://atomictessellator.com) and I have noticed a good 20-40% speed up, when you’re doing 10s thousands simulations a day, that’s a big difference.

    Sorry virtual box, you’ll always have a fond place in my memory, but it’s time to retire you :)

  • by sandreas on 10/18/2023, 4:05 AM

    I was shocked by the performance hit of virtual box. Did never think that it would be such a big difference using qemu, which is way faster:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq849CpGd88

  • by tiffanyh on 10/18/2023, 4:23 AM

    What’s the current state of VB vs UTM vs Lima vs Orbstack?

  • by gumballindie on 10/18/2023, 9:23 AM

    Virtualbox needs to get pci passthrough back on. Although i love qemu and it being open source and free i just find virtual box super convenient.

  • by keithnz on 10/18/2023, 4:59 AM

    is there a sweet spot for VirtualBox these days? It was great years ago, but there are so many alternatives now

  • by mixmastamyk on 10/18/2023, 4:05 AM

    Anyone know about their telemetry? Been meaning to investigate what the extension pack really does as well.