VirtualBox 2.0 released

[MagicAndre1981]

Sun Microsystems Unveils xVM VirtualBox 2.0 and New Enterprise Support Subscription

Sun xVM VirtualBox Surpasses 6.5 Million Downloads Worldwide and 15,000 Downloads a Day

SANTA CLARA, CA September 4, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced a new version of Sun xVM VirtualBox, its high performance, free and open source desktop virtualization software, as well as Sun xVM VirtualBox Software Enterprise Subscription, a new offering for 24/7 premium support for enterprise users. For the first time enterprises will be able to fully reap the benefits of the xVM VirtualBox platform and deploy it across their organizations with guaranteed technical support from Sun. xVM VirtualBox software is the first major open source hypervisor to support the most popular host operating systems (OS), including Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, Solaris and OpenSolaris. To download the software and sign up for an enterprise support subscription, visit http://www.sun.com/software/products/virtualbox/get.jsp

Full Storie:

http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-09/sun....20080904.1.xml

Changelog:

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

* 64 bits guest support (64 bits host only)

* New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts

* The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements

* New-version notifier

* Guest property information interface

* Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts

* New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts

* Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)

* Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)

* Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw disks/partitions (major performance gain)

* Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests

* Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts

* Support for VHD disk images

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

* VMM: VT-x fixes

* AHCI/SATA: improved performance

* GUI: keyboard fixes

* Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if unregistering the DKMS module fails

* Linux additions: the guest screen resolution is properly restored

* Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)

* Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11

* Mac OS X: Ctrl+Left mouse click doesn’t simulate a right mouse click in the guest anymore. Use Hostkey+Left for a right mouse click emulation. (bug #1766)

Download:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

[DigeratiPrime]

IIRC the last version was 1.6.4 but those are some great new features and improvements! esp the 64bit guest support

[EDIT] checked the changelog page and there was actually a 1.6.6 'maintenance update' about a week ago.