This doesn't affect me, but I have a feeling some of y'all probably use #VirtualBox on #Debian, so you may want to check this out.
This doesn't affect me, but I have a feeling some of y'all probably use #VirtualBox on #Debian, so you may want to check this out.
#Linux Weekly Roundup for July 20th, 2025: #KDE Plasma 6.4.3, #Blender 4.5 LTS, #Intel discontinues #ClearLinux OS, #VirtualBox 7.1.12, #LibreOffice 25.2.5, #Wireshark 4.4.8, #Rescuezilla 2.6.1, #Calibre 8.7, #GStreamer 1.26.4, Linux hits 5% desktop market share in the US, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-july-20th-2025
(Linux news in previous posts of thread)
FOSS NEWS
Firefox 141 will include WebGPU support, Windows-only for now, with plans to extend it to Linux and macOS:
https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgpu-support/
(Mozilla treating Linux as a second-class citizen? Another reason for distros to ditch it lol)
Servo monthly status update: work towards supporting incremental layout handling, support for viewport meta tags, scroll events in the DOM, barebones IndexedDB support, and more:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2025-Highlights
Blender 4.5 LTS released with stable Vulkan backend, pen tablet tilt support, horizontal scrolling support in the UI, region resize highlighting, support for dropping a tree view item after the last element, a new operator to take a screenshot within Blender for an asset preview, a new shader node to control volume coefficients, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/blender-4-5-lts-open-source-3d-graphics-app-makes-the-vulkan-backend-stable
VirtualBox 7.1.12 released with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16, bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-12-improves-support-for-linux-kernel-6-16-on-linux-hosts-and-guests
Organic Map July update released with updated OpenStreetMap data, better Arabic search, map display now highlights campsites, resort areas, and industrial zones, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/organic-maps-july-update-brings-improved-location-highlight-better-arabic-search-and-more/
LibreOffice merged built-in support for Bitcoin, will probably by available in 26.2 next year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-Bitcoin-BTC-Format
Wireshark 4.4.8 released with updated protocol support, bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-8-open-source-network-protocol-analyzer-updates-protocol-support
Calibre 8.7 released with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, ability to ignore “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author, bug fixes and improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-7-adds-support-for-generating-page-number-files-on-mtp-based-kindles
Haiku monthly recap: Wifi driver replaced, work on HiDPI scaling, more robust error handling for the FAT file system driver, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-June-2025
Okay, I give up on search for this, and LLMs are going to be just as useless as usual. #VirtualBox used to be pretty straightforward to set up, but I think ARM64 and Apple's UEFI are ganging up on it.
Anyone have a good resource for setting up VirtualBox on an Apple Silicon Mac and booting from a Win11 iso? Damn thing is giving me conniptions.
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VirtualBox 7.1.12 introduces critical fixes for nested VMs, resolves BSOD issues on Windows hosts, and provides support for the Linux kernel 6.16.
https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-1-12-brings-fixes-for-nested-vms-and-kernel-compatibility/
#VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for #Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and Guests https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-12-improves-support-for-linux-kernel-6-16-on-linux-hosts-and-guests
@le_friwi_56 I had it working perfectly with #WINE, all modes. Then I broke it and the basic part works but not the network game - it starts but can never find a network. It does work perfectly under an old version of Windows in a VM like #VirtualBox.
Good luck!
#VirtualBox 7.1.10 Is Out with Initial Support for #Linux 6.15 and 6.16 Kernels
https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-10-is-out-with-initial-support-for-linux-6-15-and-6-16-kernels
A problem I have is that since it's #Virtualbox saving the capture, I don't have it loaded in real time in #Wireshark. It would speed things up to see the captured packets and game side by side in real time...
So I tried a few things, namely switching Virtualbox network modes. But I could not see packets between the VMs.
I imagine when traffic is between VMs #Virtualbox is not putting the packets in the TCP/IP stack where #Wireshark on the host can see them. Only when the traffic crosses to the host or the network beyond does Wireshark (or #tshark) see it.
I don't want to capture traffic on the VMs themselves (having to install Wireshark or something else on Windows 98...).
So I searched around and found the article below in the Virtualbox wiki on network tracing.
You can essentially configure the NIC on each VM to capture all packets and log them to a pcap. So this is what I'll use.
Je pense que c'est pas possible mais je demande au cas où.
Est-ce qu'il est possible de créer une VM à partir de mon installation de #Windows11 pour l'utiliser ensuite avec #virtualbox ?
En gros, je veux dégager Windows, installer #linuxmint et garder accès "au cas où" à windows.
Mais sans dual boot
#Linux Weekly Roundup for June 8th, 2025: #Ubuntu Touch OTA-9, #VirtualBox 7.1.10, #RaspberryPi Imager 1.9.4, Rocky Linux 9.6, #Wireshark 4.4.7, #KDE Gear 25.04.2, #LibreOffice 25.2.4, Linux 6.16 RC, #LinuxMint 22.2 introduces new fingerprint authentication app, #fwupd 2.0.11, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-8th-2025
#VirtualBox 7.1.10 Is Out with Initial Support for #Linux 6.15 and 6.16 Kernels https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-10-is-out-with-initial-support-for-linux-6-15-and-6-16-kernels
VirtualBox 7.1.10 lands with key bug fixes for Windows and Linux hosts, plus support for kernel 6.15 and 6.16-RC0 on Linux guests.
https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-1-10-rolls-out-with-windows-and-linux-improvements/
Linux App Release Roundup: May 2025 #news #app_updates #inkscape #lrr #virtualbox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/linux-app-release-roundup-may-2025
Linux App Release Roundup: May 2025
May saw another sizeable set of Linux app updates, including a big update to system monitor tool Mission Centre and long-awaited version bump to system cleaner BleachBit. We also got new versions of web browsers Mozilla Firefox and Vivaldi; the NordVPN Linux app gained a GUI; and more — but they weren’t the only releases of note. That’s why I do these Linux app release roundups: I like to highlight app updates that didn’t warrant a headline of their own, but are still worth knowing about. As always, if you hear about a notable app update I haven’t covered, tips
#News #AppUpdates #Inkscape #Lrr #Virtualbox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/linux-app-release-roundup-may-2025
The #VirtualBox 7.2.0 beta announcement at https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=113650 has another announcement embedded in it:
VirtualBox source code now also available on GitHub at https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox .
If you want to report issues needing tracking, use https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues .
@ProfessorCode I believe more people are using #kvm based #virtualization instead of #virtualbox. So there should be more, and better guides for installing #virtmanager, #gnomeboxes or using #Virsh. But also why these guides are unnecessary verbose I suspect its because of #seo so the webpages get ranked higher in #google index, and have more views which should corespond to increased #ad revenue.