RemoteBox News

2024-11-17 : RemoteBox 3.4 released
  • This release is really to address a major RDP display issue
  • Set RDP auth method to negotiate when creating new guests (quick fix for the remote display not opening on newly created guests)
  • Changes to the xfreerdp, rdesktop and remmina presets to increase compatibility
  • IMPORTANT: With RemoteBox 3.4 if you still have a guest that won't open it's display. Simply Edit it's settings, go to Display->Remote Display then press save. This will update some internal settings
2024-09-14 : RemoteBox 3.3 released
  • RemoteBox now requires VirtualBox 7.1.x
  • Updated OS icons
  • Added support for VirtioSound Audio Controller
  • Implemented refresh function for guest logs, the button was available but actually did nothing
  • Changed the default freerdp client preset. VirtualBox now issues self-signed certs on RDP connections, the new default ignores certificate verification as RemoteBox cannot prompt you.
  • Added Remmina as a VNC/RDP client preset
  • Significant work on removing dependence on Glade and GTKBuilder.
  • IMPORTANT: VirtualBox now uses self-signed certs on RDP connections. You will need to reset your RDP settings in the RemoteBox Preferences -> Guest Display Tab, by selecting a preset
  • IMPORTANT: RemoteBox 3.3 requires the Perl module Time-HiRes to be installed if not already
  • IMPORTANT: RemoteBox 3.3 should run on ARM based Macs fine, but using ARM based Macs as the server is NOT supported
2024-05-05 : FreeRDP behaviour change
  • Newer versions of FreeRDP (xfreerdp) may prompt for the Domain and Password, preventing the display from automatically opening in RemoteBox.
  • The work around is to go into the RemoteBox preferences and add the following options /d: /p: onto the xfreerdp RDP client line. For example:
  • xfreerdp /size:%Xx%Y /bpp:32 +clipboard /sound /t:"%n - RemoteBox" /v:%h:%p /d: /p:
2022-11-27 : RemoteBox 3.2 released
  • RemoteBox now requires VirtualBox 7.0.x
  • Started the process of moving away from Glade and implementing GUI code natively. This is significant effort and involves a large amount of code churn which will span many releases.
  • Added option to attach an ISO when creating a new guest
  • Added support for setting the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) types
    • TPM v1.2
    • TPM v2.0
  • Added support for setting Secure Boot (where supported)
  • Added support for the following network cards:
    • Novell NE2000
    • Novell NE1000
    • WD/SMC EtherCard Plus 16
    • WD/SMC EtherCard Plus
    • 3Com EtherLink II
    • 3Com EtherLink
  • Added support for the Windows Audio System (WAS)
  • Added support for USB Multi-Touch screen and pad
  • Added ability to edit an IPv4 Port Forwarding rule
  • Added ability to edit an IPv6 Port Forwarding rule
  • Added 'Devices' menu with items orignally in the 'Machine' menu
  • Added 'Actions' menu with items orignally in the 'Machine' menu
  • Added 'New Floppy Disk Image' to the 'Change Floppy' menu
  • Added 'Add Floppy Disk Image' to the 'Change Floppy' menu
  • Added 'Add Floppy Disk Image' to the menus when editing storage menu when attaching storage in
  • Added 'Add Optical Disc Image' to the 'Change Optical Disc' menu
  • Added 'Add Optical Disc Image' to the menus when editing storage
  • The 'Devices' menu now pops up instead of the 'Machine' menu on an RMB event on the guest list
  • The 'Change Floppy' and 'Change Optical Disc' menus are now usable with guests that are powered off
  • Updated many operating system icons
  • Added several new dialog motifs
  • Various minor GUI tweaks
2022-09-29 : Note on VirtualBox 7
  • VirtualBox 7 is due to be released soon. Please be aware that RemoteBox 3.1 is NOT compatible with VirtualBox 7, due to significant API changes. Work is under way on the next release of RemoteBox to make it compatible. If you are dependent on RemoteBox, do not upgrade to VirtualBox 7 until the next release of RemoteBox is available
2022-01-16 : RemoteBox 3.1 released
  • Changed the RemoteBox logo
  • Various minor GUI tweaks
  • Added button to save the message log to a text file. Might be useful for debugging purposes.
  • Fixed: Regression introduced in 3.0 caused Connection Profiles dialog to essentially stop working correctly, potentially losing existing profiles in the process.
  • Fixed: Regression introduced in 3.0 meant that NAT rules were not shown for IPv4 and IPv6 networks
  • Fixed column sorting in the VMM (Virtual Media Manager)
  • Fixed various list selection bugs. The get_selected() method under GTK3 returns both the model and the iterator, not just the iterator as with GTK2
  • RemoteBox is no longer bundled with a PDF manual. Documentation is now exclusively maintained on the RemoteBox web site.
2021-11-14 : RemoteBox 3.0 released
  • RemoteBox has been ported to Gtk3. Review the requirements before updating to ensure your operating system is compatible.
2021-11-09 : RemoteBox 2.8 released
  • The changes don't really justify a release however this is likely to be the last release of RemoteBox based on Gtk2 as RemoteBox is being ported to Gtk3.
  • Removed hearbeat option as it's no longer required
  • Server memory bar updates changed to 58 seconds
  • Added option to bind the RDP/VNC server for a guest to a specific IP or hostname.
  • Fixed copy and clone of disks. Regression caused by passsing incorrect datatype to the API
  • Added OS icon for Windows 11
2020-10-24 : Added macOS Catalina Installation Video
  • A video has been added showing RemoteBox being installed under macOS Catalina.
2019-12-18 : RemoteBox 2.7 released
  • RemoteBox now requires VirtualBox 6.1.x
  • VirtualBox now requires hardware virtualization and no longer supports software virtualization. Removed associated options from RemoteBox.
  • Removed option of setting the video side-channel quality for an RDP connection. This option is largely unsupported by RDP clients and not particularly useful.
  • Added support for the Virtio-SCSI controller
  • Added support for the AMD PCNet-ISA/NE2100 network card
  • Added support for nested hardware virtualization (VT-x/AMD-V) for supported processors
  • Added toolbar buttons in the VMM to create new hard disk images, new floppy disk images (from 360K to 2.88MB) and move media to new locations
  • Newly created floppy disk images can be optionally pre-formatted with FAT12
  • Added a menu option when attached storage for creating a new floppy disk image and automatically attaching it
  • Added option to specify MAC address policy when importing an appliance
  • Added options to specify MAC address policy and include ISO files when exporting an appliance
  • Added options to Keep disk UUIDs, specify MAC policy and keep disk names when cloning a guest
  • Added OS icon for Windows 2019 64bit
  • Rewrote the copy and disk conversion code, should be cleaner and faster
  • Creating a new guest, now uses the ApplyDefaults API call which was broken in previous versions of VirtualBox. This allows a lot of code cleanups and faster guest creation
  • Fixed incorrect URL on About window
  • Various code cleanups
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