VirtualBox 5.0 正式发布，支持 USB 3.0 设备

VirtualBox 5.0 正式发布，此版本包括重要的新特性，大量改进和 bug 修复。

VirtualBox 5.0 支持最新的 guest/host 操作系统：Mac OS X Yosemite, Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, 其他 Linux 操作系统和传统操作系统。

值得关注的改进：

• 部分虚拟化支持 Windows 和 Linux Guests

•   优化 CPU 利用率

• 支持 USB 3.0 设备

• Windows 上支持双向拖拽

• 硬盘镜像加密：使用工业标准 AES 算法

其他改进：

• VMs can now be started in separate mode. The VM process is started headless while the frontend runs as a separate process which can be terminated without stopping the VM.

• GUI: VM guest-content scaling support (including 3D acceleration)

• GUI: New User Interface settings page for customizing status-bar, menu-bar and guest-content scaling

• GUI: New Encryption settings tab for customizing encryption options for disk images

• GUI: HiDPI support including application icons and optional unscaled HiDPI output on Mac OS X (including 3D acceleration)

• GUI: Hotplugging support for SATA disks

• New, modular audio architecture for providing a better abstraction of the host audio backends

• Support for the NDIS6 networking framework on Windows (default on Vista and later)

未来 GUI 改进：

• VM guest-content scaling support (including 3D acceleration)

• New User Interface settings page for customizing status-bar, menu-bar and guest-content scaling

• New Encryption settings tab for customizing encryption options for disk images

• HiDPI support including application icons and optional unscaled HiDPI output on Mac OS X (including 3D acceleration)

• Hotplugging support for SATA disks

• Improved HID LEDs synchronization for Mac and Windows hosts

• Take the guest screen aspect ratio into account for the preview window

• Provide direct access to storage media in the VM selector