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Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1.6 now available!

Simon Coter
Senior Manager, Oracle Linux and Virtualization Product Management

Oracle has released VirtualBox 6.1 Maintenance Release 6.

Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1.6 release includes improvements and regression fixes for Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1.

Notable bug fixes are:

  • GUI: Multiple enhancements including visual elements updates

  • Graphics: Fixed monitor resizing and multi-monitor handling bugs on X11 guests with VMSVGA graphics adapter and improved 2D and 3D acceleration and rendering

  • USB: Multiple enhancements improving prformance and stability

  • Shared clipboard: Multiple fixes including possible crash and HTML data support
  • Linux host and guest: Support Linux kernel 5.6
  • Security Fixes: this maintenance release includes "Oracle Critical Patch Updates" April, 2020; further details related to CPU April, 2020 are available here.

See all the details here with a complete list of bug fixes; here you can find all the links to download the software.

Maintenance releases for 6.0 and 5.2, respectively:

including the "Oracle Critical Patch Updates for April 2020" are also available.

The Oracle VirtualBox Team

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Comments ( 2 )
  • John Quigley Saturday, May 9, 2020
    Hello I have a new install of 6.1.6 and trying to install Autocad 2007. Please excuse me if I seem dumb I think I need to somehow install windows Xp then Autocad. (AC2007 will not run on win10)I get to the "create virtual machine" I have read the manual Is this where I install XP? IS the Machine folder where I load AutoCAD? Is the sersion for where I install XP?

    Is the process create the Oracle then XP then AutoCAD?

    Take care John
  • Simon Monday, May 11, 2020
    Hi John,

    for technical requests you can reach out our community at http://forum.virtualbox.org .
    Thanks

    Simon
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