Virtualbox 3.2 released and Ubuntu installation instructions included

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 21, 2010

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“The VirtualBox team today released a significant new
version of Oracle VM VirtualBox(TM), its high performance,
cross-platform virtualization software. VirtualBox 3.2, the first
Oracle branded release since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems,
Inc by Oracle Corp. earlier this year, contains many innovative new
features which deliver further significant improvements in
performance, power and supported guest operating system platforms.

“Virtualbox 3.2 Features
Performance

•New Latest Intel hardware support – Harnessing the
latest in chip-level support for virtualization, VirtualBox 3.2
supports new Intel Core i5 and i7 processor and Intel Xeon
processor 5600 Series support for Unrestricted Guest Execution
bringing faster boot times for everything from Windows to Solaris
guests;

•New Large Page support – Reducing the size and
overhead of key system resources, Large Page support delivers
increased performance by enabling faster lookups and shorter table
creation times.”


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