Oracle today released version 7.1 of their VirtualBox virtualization software with an improved GUI, Wayland clipboard sharing support, OCI integration improvements, and other enhancements.

Since July [1]VirtualBox 7.1 was publicly available in beta form while today marks the first stable release of Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1. VirtualBox 7.1 brings a "modernized look and feel" with its updated UI and presenting options for both basic and experienced user interfaces to reflect the amount of settings exposed.

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VirtualBox 7.1 also enhances its OCI integration, the Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack is now under a PUEL license, a new NAT engine with IPv6 support, Arm virtualization for Linux and BSD VMs from macOS on Apple Silicon, Linux host/guest support for Wayland clipboard sharing, initial support for transferring files on Linux and Windows hosts/guests via the clipboard, and much better screen recording performance.

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VirtualBox 7.1 also upgrades to using the Qt6 toolkit, the Python 2 bindings have been deprecated, better Python 3 compatibility, and many bug fixes.

Downloads and more details on today's VirtualBox 7.1 stable release via [4]VirtualBox.org .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-7.1-Beta

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2024&image=virtualbox_71_1_lrg

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2024&image=virtualbox_71_2_lrg

[4] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.1#v00