Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://genymotion.com/">Genymotion</a> is a fast Android emulator</b> which comes with pre-configured Android <b>(x86 with </b><b>OpenGL hardware acceleration)</b> images, <b>great for application testing</b>. The project has evolved from the old AndroidVM and compared to it, Genymotion comes with a new player design, installer and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ceHHYRYTirqCrRKkOFfdISyoQSRepMxpTBib54SNMQWq2NhnotnxrarPe8_5tQyfU6kaloPdbw32T9xC9qxYJfPT9aP-Ehbtu12ngR-saB8Dc9_q2Ij5VL-V_SdSRBUEYCZknh7unZc/s1600/genymotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ceHHYRYTirqCrRKkOFfdISyoQSRepMxpTBib54SNMQWq2NhnotnxrarPe8_5tQyfU6kaloPdbw32T9xC9qxYJfPT9aP-Ehbtu12ngR-saB8Dc9_q2Ij5VL-V_SdSRBUEYCZknh7unZc/s320/genymotion.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to its developers, "<i>the product is aimed at replacing the Android Emulator from Google not only for Android developers but also for people making Android apps demonstrations</i>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion (currently in <b>beta</b>) is <b>available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and requires VirtualBox</b>. The virtual images code is open source (available <a href="https://github.com/androvm">HERE</a>) however, the software that runs on the host (the "player") is not, but it is free to use. In the future, Genymotion will continue to have a free to use version with many advanced features but there will also be paid versions, "<i>mainly for large companies needing collaboration on Genymotion</i>".</div><br /><b>Genymotion features:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Easily download and run pre-configured virtual images: <b>Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2 (with x86 support)</b>: Nexus 7, Nexus S, Nexus One Jelly Bean, 10.1'', WXGA Tablet, 7.0'' and WSVGA Tablet, all with or without Google Apps (Play Store, etc.);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Networking: Ethernet (emulates WiFi connection);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GPS (with configurable coordinates) and battery (with configurable battery levels) emulation widgets;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Display: OpenGL hardware acceleration, multiscreen, full screen display;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion shell which allows you to interact with your VM using a command line;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">ADB support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Eclipse and Android Studio plugins;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">More sensors are expected in future releases: gyroscope, light, temperature, rotation vector and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that since this is beta software, you might find bugs or incomplete features. In my test, things have worked pretty well: the Internet connection has worked out of the box and I was able to play games like Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja without any lag (but this obviously depends on your hardware):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W8FDUn1LJs2sEYSvW1W3XhVDOKZFTpk4peMHpWM8c4B5D-CECU5b1GRZkCmufmbVaTr9U3nhmYjqcgLsNoM8w3WRDFSbfq9gOoUuQEqnqEerl83j4_lQcfKxdpPw9Kt3PjDjxNsagzs/s1600/genymotion_vm_5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W8FDUn1LJs2sEYSvW1W3XhVDOKZFTpk4peMHpWM8c4B5D-CECU5b1GRZkCmufmbVaTr9U3nhmYjqcgLsNoM8w3WRDFSbfq9gOoUuQEqnqEerl83j4_lQcfKxdpPw9Kt3PjDjxNsagzs/s320/genymotion_vm_5.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Here are a few more screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAZlUmrh4PrtnuVwmB3mSioSdON_mGbTcygjRPZaHvL6pNPokDdSkpBqSMnmRdMa7_34-0rcSVpaJbm9wdtcgYnPnyVpWivtYJF9z3svSruSJfLwZhYOCOqqb_WhmCBO1wKVfxRh_yy8/s1600/genymotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAZlUmrh4PrtnuVwmB3mSioSdON_mGbTcygjRPZaHvL6pNPokDdSkpBqSMnmRdMa7_34-0rcSVpaJbm9wdtcgYnPnyVpWivtYJF9z3svSruSJfLwZhYOCOqqb_WhmCBO1wKVfxRh_yy8/s320/genymotion.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxxg7fM8uh7YvjwGj02VBksn7MIwOTooMOZbEdRhKi3BoBv9j0FDiQ4bijzYFlwmwKvHKfzFzOBJbRav6auX_K0Xyb3LRko77LM2-UNxmwOlmXPy4nj_tdhaLUHZx-HKXG0G4CmN-L28/s1600/genymotion_vm_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxxg7fM8uh7YvjwGj02VBksn7MIwOTooMOZbEdRhKi3BoBv9j0FDiQ4bijzYFlwmwKvHKfzFzOBJbRav6auX_K0Xyb3LRko77LM2-UNxmwOlmXPy4nj_tdhaLUHZx-HKXG0G4CmN-L28/s320/genymotion_vm_2.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLAq3ELlUs6P35YCAzzsO8c8tIBkom9tV1A628h5SBNpoxmsS0gIEF6QgPbqDNJ9Jfl1kZvQXc9Djot-Tc5aJYAwwfD5Hgo94yM46fuqaT0DFC2xSlN6jQt-45eDbYdrKqQyWYa40WM/s1600/genymotion_vm_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLAq3ELlUs6P35YCAzzsO8c8tIBkom9tV1A628h5SBNpoxmsS0gIEF6QgPbqDNJ9Jfl1kZvQXc9Djot-Tc5aJYAwwfD5Hgo94yM46fuqaT0DFC2xSlN6jQt-45eDbYdrKqQyWYa40WM/s320/genymotion_vm_3.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2-DpU4Ranl7YFLh32y5G2CrV_jU_oKnsRxNvKSQXEStc57yeDRKu3XczmzOCOZsfUtzNA3tAhpFrvz5vyXfD5SQGNXJn44xrcAulNoZ95toF34FeEI4QiMgS2QAatnSmZqb68xCaixE/s1600/genymotion_vm_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2-DpU4Ranl7YFLh32y5G2CrV_jU_oKnsRxNvKSQXEStc57yeDRKu3XczmzOCOZsfUtzNA3tAhpFrvz5vyXfD5SQGNXJn44xrcAulNoZ95toF34FeEI4QiMgS2QAatnSmZqb68xCaixE/s320/genymotion_vm_4.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Genymotion download / usage</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that your computer must support <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/how-to-find-out-if-your-cpu-supports.html">hardware virtualization</a> (VTx / AMD-v) to be able to run Genymotion images. <b>Update:</b> this may no longer be required with the latest Genymotion 1.2.1, but I can't test it since my computer supports hardware virtualization.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To use Genymotion, you need to install Oracle VirtualBox (<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/virtualbox-420-released-with-support.html">Ubuntu installation instructions</a>) - I've tested it with Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.16 and apparently, there are some issues with older versions so you should upgrade to the latest stable release.</div><br /><b>2. </b>The next step is to download Genymotion. To be able to download it, you need to sign up for an account (free) @ <a href="https://cloud.genymotion.com/">https://cloud.genymotion.com</a> . After you create an account, download Genymotion in your home directory.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Genymotion via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/genymotion/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Now let's install Genymotion. For this, we'll need to mark the downloaded bin file as executable and run it (the commands below assume you've downloaded Genymotion in your home folder):</div><br /><b>32bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />chmod +x genymotion-1.2.1_x86.bin<br />./genymotion-1.2.1_x86.bin</code></pre><b>64bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />chmod +x genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin<br />./genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</code></pre><br />The installer will then ask you if you want to proceed - enter "y" (without the quotes), press ENTER and that's it, Genymotion should now be installed on your system.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> If you've followed our instructions above, Genymotion should be installed under <i>~/genymotion</i> so to run it, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/genymotion/genymotion</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion should now start. To add a new virtual device, click "Add", log in with your Genymotion username and password (created under step 2) and you should see a list of available devices:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuO4MYGQM9_xwlY-yvufvO0AYev498wqYQS8glPnGXeXvvigf3L-pISJ076uwMcg162u4cPLaimyt4XNfPKHxma59a77Qdw8Je081SNcVaeQdldGSDiv1yJi0ARGALYo_wH82DhndRx8/s1600/genymotion_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuO4MYGQM9_xwlY-yvufvO0AYev498wqYQS8glPnGXeXvvigf3L-pISJ076uwMcg162u4cPLaimyt4XNfPKHxma59a77Qdw8Je081SNcVaeQdldGSDiv1yJi0ARGALYo_wH82DhndRx8/s320/genymotion_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Select the virtual device you want to download from the list and click "Add" (to be able to install applications via Google Play Store, make sure the machine name mentions "Google Apps"):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocqe0BFTq76jxWLgkMTaZs6jpKf5xEkZoEOxjLQ3eOPoqzCsDoYWW8nBdGzkFciIN7-G7AJSRUrJEYG8FyxKdqETaJpri4cU7GlZVxlN5xiFCagsFdGiD5NfH7dlzJQuUd4_340Xxx8g/s1600/genymotion_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocqe0BFTq76jxWLgkMTaZs6jpKf5xEkZoEOxjLQ3eOPoqzCsDoYWW8nBdGzkFciIN7-G7AJSRUrJEYG8FyxKdqETaJpri4cU7GlZVxlN5xiFCagsFdGiD5NfH7dlzJQuUd4_340Xxx8g/s320/genymotion_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you click "Next", the download should begin. Click "Next" when the download completes, enter a name for your new virtual device and click the "Create" button, then "Finish". The device should then show up in the main Genymotion window. Using the buttons on the right (or right clicking the device), you can change the screen size or delete the device:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCY7XcluMmfQGQvlcQXt3htbNd2Ygnc-d55oz_-Bdyg7Pbf0rPKIDcSGNj3jKi_vLgALmbGrLyroRSiVEYzpEUaO3mkknSbprf08YqXBEHcorcdum38npAHwa3mX8N34RLGcvJli3bI/s1600/genymotion_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCY7XcluMmfQGQvlcQXt3htbNd2Ygnc-d55oz_-Bdyg7Pbf0rPKIDcSGNj3jKi_vLgALmbGrLyroRSiVEYzpEUaO3mkknSbprf08YqXBEHcorcdum38npAHwa3mX8N34RLGcvJli3bI/s320/genymotion_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To start a device, select it and click the "Play" button. In the same way, you can create and run more devices.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">From the Genymotion menu you can set the ADB path or enter a proxy to use with Genymotion. In my test, Genymotion displayed an "Unable to find ADB in this path" message even though my ADB path was correct - hopefully this bug will be fixed soon. Once you start a virtual machine, you can connect via ADB by using the default VM IP: <i>192.168.56.101</i> (this can be configured from the virtual machine, via Genymotion Configuration, available in the Android VM apps list).</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/07/genymotion-avviare-ed-utilizzare.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSPhFUJxkUtdfMSv4-rC2Di4NvHKW57VZYFnAkNNRvFt3ms1SZLO-Inp03CNHGxFiS8oeNVcFhL74KeowaJlQb-xm9B-ZihEI6PyUvD9kmIt3rXh4Evsj8srEFMOZckKBe82dFE8evyf/s1600/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="virtualbox 4.2.0" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSPhFUJxkUtdfMSv4-rC2Di4NvHKW57VZYFnAkNNRvFt3ms1SZLO-Inp03CNHGxFiS8oeNVcFhL74KeowaJlQb-xm9B-ZihEI6PyUvD9kmIt3rXh4Evsj8srEFMOZckKBe82dFE8evyf/s320/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" title="virtualbox 4.2.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After a beta and four release candidates, <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a> 4.2.0 (stable) has been released today, bringing support to start VMs during system boot on Linux, experimental support for drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests, improved Windows 8 support and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in VirtualBox 4.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</li><li>GUI: VM groups</li><li>GUI: expert mode for wizards </li><li>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</li><li>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration</li><li>Added support for limiting network IO bandwidth</li><li>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris</li><li>Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is also planned</li><li>Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts</li><li>Enhanced API for controlling the guest</li><li>Support for recent VIA CPUs and FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs</li><li>Allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content</li><li>Allow automatically sorting of the VM list </li><li>Allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI </li><li>Implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode</li><li>Added support for QED images, QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images) and readonly support for VHDX images</li></ul>A complete VirtualBox 4.2.0 changelog can be found <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new host to Linux guests drag'n'drop support feature requires the installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions</b>. To get it working in Ubuntu, make sure you don't install the Guest Additions package available in the official Ubuntu repository ("virtualbox-guest-additions") and instead, install the Guest Additions from the VirtualBox menu (Devices > Install Guest Additions).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For some of the new features like starting VMs on system boot, see the VirtualBox <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/UserManual.pdf">manual</a> for how to use them. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install VirtualBox 4.2 in Ubuntu via repository</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can install the latest VirtualBox 4.2 using its official repository. But before installing 4.2, make sure you don't have any older VirtualBox version installed (so if you've had VirtualBox 4.1 or older installed, remove it firstly) because the package name is different: "virtualbox-4.2" for the latest 4.2.0 release:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4.1</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Your existing machines will not be removed and they will continue to work with VirtualBox 4.2.0.<br /><br />To add the VirtualBox Ubuntu repository and install the latest VirtualBox 4.2, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list<br />wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2</code></pre><b>Linux Mint users:</b> replace "$(lsb_release -sc)" in the first command above with the Ubuntu version corresponding to your Linux Mint version (e.g. "precise" for Linux Mint Maya, etc.).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For some extra features like VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards support as well as USB 2.0 devices support, you'll have to download and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack from <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.0-80737.vbox-extpack">HERE</a>. To install it, simply double click the extension and VirtualBox should open, prompting you to install it. If that doesn't work, you can also select <i>File > Preferences > Extensions</i> and browse for the downloaded VirtualBox extension.</div><a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"><br /><b> Download VirtualBox 4.2.0</b></a><b> for Linux, Solaris, Windows or Mac OS X.</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/get-your-usb-drives-to-work-with.html">How To Get Your USB Drives To Work With VirtualBox (Ubuntu Host)</a></i>

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Download VirtualBox 4.2 Beta 1

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe2HWW7uyJboBuGp1BGiNtDd2GklQDDVs2aaQ8_H0ZBjvre7Wmry-o80TdznsXJcvaophT4bk5o1fj6L7TvMeTXMIfAfGauMN_GkmEODzDAU9nU_z8001QiSEljTKX2Dg4sIEeqDq0w1Y/s1600/virtualbox-4.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="virtualbox 4.2" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe2HWW7uyJboBuGp1BGiNtDd2GklQDDVs2aaQ8_H0ZBjvre7Wmry-o80TdznsXJcvaophT4bk5o1fj6L7TvMeTXMIfAfGauMN_GkmEODzDAU9nU_z8001QiSEljTKX2Dg4sIEeqDq0w1Y/s320/virtualbox-4.2.png" title="virtualbox 4.2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Oracle has <a href="https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=50763">released</a> VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 today, which includes some major improvements, like improved Windows 8 support, an expert mode for wizards, experimental support for drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Changes in VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</li><li>GUI: VM groups</li><li>GUI: expert mode for wizards</li><li>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</li><li>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration</li><li>Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth</li><li>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris</li><li>Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned. </li><li>Support recent VIA CPUs</li><li>Allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content</li><li>Allow automatically sorting of the VM list</li><li>Allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI</li><li>GUI: network operations manager</li><li>Improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using nested paging</li><li>Added support for FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer)</li><li>Added readonly support for VHDX images, QED images and for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2) images</li><li>Bug fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since VirtualBox 4.2 is in beta, you will find bugs so don't use this on a production machine! If you encounter bugs, report them on the <a href="https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=15">VirtualBox Beta Feedback forum</a>. For instance, in my test using Linux (Ubuntu) for both the guest and host machine, the new experimental drag'n'drop feature didn't work for some reason - if you figure out how to get it to work, let us know in the comments!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to use some of the new features, like limiting network I/O bandwidth or staring a VM on system boot, see the VirtualBox manual, available via the download link below.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0_BETA1/">Download VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1</a></b> for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X</div><br /><b>Update: VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 is now available for download @ <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0_RC1/">http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0_RC1/</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: to be able to install VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 in Ubuntu, you must firstly remove any installed VirtualBox version. For instance, if you have installed the latest stable <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/virtualbox-41-released-with-gui-option.html" title="Install VirtualBox 4.1 in Ubuntu / Debian via repository">VirtualBox 4.1</a>, remove it using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4.1</code></pre>And then simply install the VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 downloaded deb file.

Download VirtualBox 4.2 Beta 1

Oracle has released VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 today, which includes some major improvements, like improved Windows 8 support, an expert mode fo...

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