| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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| 2 | <!-- Release change log structure
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| 3 |
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| 4 | Each release has a matching log of changes which were made for that and
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| 5 | earlier releases. Earlier releases means anything with a lower number (e.g.
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| 6 | 5.0.18 is lower than 5.1.2) which was released before this one. The log is
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| 7 | kept in the file doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml. Anything worth mentioning,
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| 8 | particularly new features and fixed bugs, with a trac bug number if possible,
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| 9 | should be added to the top of the change log (that is, the section for the
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| 10 | upcoming release) for the branch in which it first appears - stable or
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| 11 | development - before the next release. If you back-port it to older branches
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| 12 | please add an entry there too. When a new major release is made, change log
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| 13 | sections for earlier releases are merged in.
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| 14 |
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| 15 | Change log sections are split into two groups: major new features (normally
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| 16 | only for dot zero releases) and fixes. In addition, the entries in each group
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| 17 | are ordered as follows:
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| 18 |
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| 19 | VMM-related entries (most important)
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| 20 | GUI-related entries (most visible for users)
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| 21 | Device-related entries
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| 22 | VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries
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| 23 | Host-related entries
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| 24 | Guest-related entries
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| 25 | BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries
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| 26 |
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| 27 | Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for
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| 28 | users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux. Please
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| 29 | also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use
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| 30 | technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough.
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| 31 | -->
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| 32 | <chapter>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work.
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| 35 | So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. -->
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <sect1>
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| 38 | <title>Version 6.0.2 (2019-xx-xx)</title>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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| 41 | added:</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <itemizedlist>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>PCnet: fixed a regression which caused some PCnet PCI guest drivers
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| 47 | to not detect the emulated hardware (bug #18286)</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Linux installer: fixed symbolic links to VirtualBoxVM frontend</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>MacOS installer: added CLI wrapper for VirtualBoxVM frontend</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>User interface: fixed creation of desktop shortcuts for starting
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| 60 | virtual machines</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 | </sect1>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect1>
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| 67 | <title>Version 6.0.0 (2018-12-18)</title>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
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| 70 | were added:</para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <itemizedlist>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle
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| 76 | Cloud Infrastructure</para>
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| 77 | </listitem>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>User interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support,
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| 81 | including better detection and per-machine configuration</para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>Major rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful
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| 86 | application and virtual machine set-up</para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <listitem>
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| 90 | <para>User interface: a new file manager enabling user to control
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| 91 | the guest file system and copy files between host and guest.</para>
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| 92 | </listitem>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>Graphics: major update of 3D graphics support for Windows guests,
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| 96 | and VMSVGA 3D graphics device emulation on Linux and Solaris guests
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 | </listitem>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <listitem>
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| 101 | <para>Added support for surround speaker setups (as used by
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| 102 | Windows 10 Build 1809)</para>
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| 103 | </listitem>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <listitem>
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| 106 | <para>Added utility <computeroutput>vboximg-mount</computeroutput>
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| 107 | on Apple hosts to access the content of guest disks on the host
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| 108 | </para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <listitem>
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| 112 | <para>Added support for using Hyper-V as the fallback execution core on
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| 113 | Windows host, to avoid inability to run VMs at the price of reduced
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| 114 | performance</para>
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| 115 | </listitem>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | </itemizedlist>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <itemizedlist>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <listitem>
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| 124 | <para>Execution core: fixed single-stepping in certain circumstances
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| 125 | (bug #17316)</para>
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| 126 | </listitem>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <listitem>
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| 129 | <para>User interface: video and audio recording can now be separately
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| 130 | enabled</para>
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| 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <listitem>
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| 134 | <para>Audio/Video recording fixes and improvements</para>
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| 135 | </listitem>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <listitem>
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| 138 | <para>Audio: better support for attaching and detaching remote desktop
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| 139 | connections</para>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>Serial port emulation fixes</para>
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| 144 | </listitem>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <listitem>
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| 147 | <para>Serial ports: allow changing the serial port attachment while a
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| 148 | machine is running (bug #6115)</para>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>Networking: Added a workaround for older guests which do not enable
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| 153 | bus mastering for the virtio PCI device</para>
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| 154 | </listitem>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <listitem>
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| 157 | <para>Networking: fixed wrong RCODE from DNS AAAA query with
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| 158 | --natdnshostresolver1 (bug #18171)</para>
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| 159 | </listitem>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>iSCSI: In cases where there is no ambiguity, the LUN of an iSCSI
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| 163 | target is automatically determined, for targets with non-zero LUNs
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>Transparently resize disk images when merging if possible</para>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>VBoxManage: support for DHCP options</para>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <listitem>
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| 176 | <para>Fixed VNC/RDP (bug #18153)</para>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>Guest Control: various new interfaces and features
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| 181 | (see SDK documentation)</para>
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| 182 | </listitem>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <listitem>
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| 185 | <para>Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>Solaris: installer fixes</para>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <listitem>
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| 193 | <para>Shared folders: performance improvements</para>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para>Guest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mounting</para>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>Windows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate
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| 202 | handling with recent Windows 10 builds</para>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>Linux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard
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| 207 | kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093)</para>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
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| 212 | </listitem>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <listitem>
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| 215 | <para>Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 Additions</para>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>MacOS Guest Additions: initial support</para>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <listitem>
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| 223 | <para>OS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder support</para>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <listitem>
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| 227 | <para>BIOS fixes</para>
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| 228 | </listitem>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <listitem>
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| 231 | <para>ACPI: Up to four custom ACPI tables can now be configured for a VM
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| 232 | </para>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </itemizedlist>
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| 235 | </sect1>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | </chapter>
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