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VirtualBox 7.2 Beta 2 Preps Linux 6.16 Support, More Windows On ARM Enhancements

Written by Michael Larabel in Virtualization on 26 June 2025 at 08:31 PM EDT. 26 Comments
In addition to releasing Oracle Linux 10 today, Oracle also released the second beta of the upcoming VirtualBox 7.2 cross-platform virtualization software.

Last month VirtualBox 7.2 went into beta with initial support for Windows 11 on Arm for both guests and hosts. Plus there have been GUI enhancements to VirtualBox 7.2 and a variety of other enhancements made. Additionally, with VirtualBox 7.2 development Oracle has transitioned to making the source code available via GitHub for easier community contributions and analysis.

VirtualBox 7.2 Beta 2 is out today with more work on the Windows 11 ARM support, including WDDM graphics driver support for faster graphics support for Windows 11 on ARM guests plus enabling the "Shared Folder" functionality.

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VirtualBox 7.2 Beta 2 also has initial support for the Linux 6.16 Git kernel for both hosts and guests, improved Windows Hyper-V integration, various GUI fixes, fixing nested virtualization on Intel CPUs, and a variety of other fixes and minor enhancements.

Downloads and more details on VirtualBox 7.2 Beta 2 via VirtualBox.org.

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