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VirtualBox 7.2.16 adds FRED support, improves Wayland clipboard and VMSVGA 3D performance
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VirtualBox 7.2.16 adds Linux host support for the FRED x86 CPU feature, improves Wayland clipboard handling for hosts and guests, fixes RHEL 9.8 guest compatibility, and improves VMSVGA 3D graphics performance.
For engineers running Linux VMs, the Wayland clipboard and VMSVGA 3D improvements address two common friction points on modern Linux desktops. FRED support future-proofs VirtualBox for newer x86 processors that implement the feature. The RHEL 9.8 fix resolves a concrete compatibility gap with recent enterprise kernels.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
VirtualBox 7.2.16 adds FRED support on Linux hosts, modernizing interrupt and exception handling for newer x86 CPUs.
Wayland shared clipboard handling improves for both Linux hosts and guests, easing the transition from X11.
VMSVGA 3D performance improves, benefiting Linux guests with 3D acceleration enabled.
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