{"id":982,"date":"2024-07-27T00:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T00:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/virtualbox-7-1-beta-unveiled-revamped-ui-wayland-clipboard-sharing-and-more-exciting-features\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T05:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T05:15:53","slug":"virtualbox-7-1-beta-unveiled-revamped-ui-wayland-clipboard-sharing-and-more-exciting-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/virtualbox-7-1-beta-unveiled-revamped-ui-wayland-clipboard-sharing-and-more-exciting-features\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox 7.1 Beta Unveiled: Revamped UI, Wayland Clipboard Sharing, and More Exciting Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>If you plan on trying the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/2024\/07\/linux-mint-22-released-based-on-ubuntu-24-04\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Linux Mint 22<\/a> release in a virtual machine, why not double-up the fun by taking it for a spin in the VirtualBox 7.1 beta, which slipped out last night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><em>Don\u2019t tune out<\/em>\u2014most <em>VirtualBox<\/em> updates are fairly modest, I know. But the upcoming release of VirtualBox 7.1? It\u2019s being billed by Oracle as a \u2018major update\u2019 \u2013 about time too, I say!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>VirtualBox 7.1 introduces a \u201cmodernized look and feel\u201d that gives users with a choice of UI mode: <em>Basic<\/em> streamlines the interface, reducing the amount of options, settings, and details shown; <em>Expert<\/em> puts all of VirtualBox\u2019s functionality in view, within reach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Here\u2019s an example of the difference between the modes in the <em>Settings &gt; System<\/em> section, as it looks in the current beta (could change between now and the final, stable release): \u2013 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/virtualbox-7.1-basic-expert-mode-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><figcaption>Choose your player\u2026<\/figcaption><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>There are other GUI changes tucked up in this update too. Oracle (who make <em>VirtualBox<\/em>) <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.virtualbox.org\/viewtopic.php?t=111988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">say this version<\/a> improves the \u2018overall accessibility\u2019 of the app, which is welcome, and updates the underlying Qt toolkit to a more recent version.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Use VirtualBox on a Linux distribution that uses Wayland?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Good news: VirtualBox 7.1 supports clipboard sharing under Wayland for Linux hosts and guests. This is such a handy feature, and with Wayland now widely in use, I\u2019m pleased to see Oracle devs have got this working again.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Sticking with Linux (kinda), the VirtualBox 7.1 release is the first version to officially support Apple Silicon and ARM virtualisation of Linux and *BSD VMs<sup><a href=\"#b67d1f40-f6d2-496b-a7b4-d3622c1419f5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a><\/sup>. Preview and test builds have been available prior, but the stable 7.0 series only supports macOS\/Intel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>VirtualBox ARM support has been much-requested. While this release only adds support for Apple Silicon (which is ARM, for those unaware), my hope is that some groundwork can be shared to bring VirtualBox to Linux ARM (and maybe Windows ARM).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>VirtualBox also has <strong>brand-new logo and wordmark<\/strong> on show in this version.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>VirtualBox has a new logo \u2013 thoughts?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Finally, there are some tweaks to VirtualBox\u2019s Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) support, including a performance dashboard to show resource usage for cloud instances, and options to clone or reset compute instances.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Other changes:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improved screen recording performance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/manual\/ch07.html#vrde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VRDE<\/a>) certificate tweaks<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NAT gains new engine with IPv6 support<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EFI adds Microsoft DB\/KEX certificates to new VMs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p>Oracle makes no mention of improvements to the VirtualBox\u2019s overall performance, but the 7.1 beta feels peppier than the 7.0 series. VM startup times are prompt, and the general responsiveness of the app seems perceptually improved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>If any of that sounds worth testing \u2014 this is a beta, remember \u2014 you can <a href=\"https:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/7.1.0_BETA1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">download VirtualBox 7.1<\/a> for all major OSes, with DEB packages provided for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and the latest 24.04 LTS release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&nbsp;x86-on-ARM support is not supported OOTB, but can be enabled manually \u2013 but the performance is described as poor, especially for GUI OSes so keep that in mind&nbsp; <a href=\"#b67d1f40-f6d2-496b-a7b4-d3622c1419f5-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you plan on trying the new Linux Mint 22 release in a virtual machine, why not double-up the fun by taking it for a spin in the VirtualBox 7.1 beta, which slipped out last night. 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