VirtualBox 5.1 Will No Longer Rely on DKMS for Kernel Module Rebuilding on Linux

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Oracle announced just a few minutes ago that the first Beta build of the upcoming VirtualBox 5.1 virtualization software is available for testing for all supported platforms.

Just by taking a quick at the changelog of VirtualBox 5.1 Beta 1 (attached at the end of the article for reference), we can notice that the upcoming major version will be exciting for everyone involved in the virtual machine ecosystem, whether you’re a simple desktop user running Ubuntu or FreeBSD on a VM or a professional doing serious virtualization stuff for work.

While Oracle states in his latest blog post that the Beta 1 of VirtualBox 5.1 is a minor release, they also encourage users to take it for a test drive as it includes a large number of enhancements and fixes for the most annoying bugs and issues that have been reported since VirtualBox 5.0.

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