Oracle Releases VirtualBox 5.0.18, Adds Initial Support for Linux Kernel 4.6 | Linux Today

Oracle Releases VirtualBox 5.0.18, Adds Initial Support for Linux Kernel 4.6

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Marius Nestor
Apr 18, 2016

Release highlights include initial support for Linux kernel 4.6, which is currently under heavy development with a fourth Release Candidate (RC) build out the door yesterday, better support for the Linux 4.5 kernel series, as well as the addition of a Linux kernel graphics driver to support GPUs when X.Org Server doesn’t have administrative rights.

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Marius Nestor

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