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Virtualbox 4.1.18 released, available for download

Oracle released its 18th maintenance update for the 4.1 series of its popular free virtualisation software, Virtualbox a couple of days back. The current release version stands at 4.1.18. The list of bugs fixed or added in Virutalbox 4.1.18 are as follows (list as available on release note): VMM: fixed VERR_REM_VIRTUAL_CPU_ERROR under rare conditions after […]

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Virtualbox 4.1.16 released, Linux kernel 3.4 support improved

Oracle released version 4.1.16 of Virtualbox yesterday. This is the monthly maintenance release and only fixes outstanding bugs without adding any significant new features. However, Solaris version gets support for Xorg 1.11 and 1.12 (new feature).  The important fix for Linux hosts is that it has now fixed issues while compiling Linux kernel 3.4 and a

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Virtualbox 4.0.10 released with full suport for Linux 3.0 and GNOME 3.0

Oracle released the fifth stable version of its popular visualization sofware,  Virtualbox 4.0 (4.0.10) which addresses issues for GNOME 3.0, adds support for VT-x on Linux 3.0 kernel and also corrects a regression which affected 64bit Solaris guest installations. Image courtesy: Virtualbox.org Mac OS X users can now enjoy a smooth experience of any Linux

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How to avoid a restart after installing software which requires one (e.g. Oracle-xe)

There are many software, which needs a restart after installation. For me there were quite a few. One of the annoying ones is Oracle XE. After installing, if you don’t restart, you wont get the sqlplus command under your username. The workaround is , after installing oracle-xe, open a terminal and .. 1. stop oracle

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