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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 6.1.0_RC1 (2019-11-22)</title>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
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| 42 | </para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <itemizedlist>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | GUI: Some issues related to mouse integration cursor scaling were
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| 49 | addressed (bug #14366), more to go
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | GUI: Few usability related fixes for export appliance wizard
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | GUI: Fixed/improved mouse pointer scaling
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | GUI: Fixed crash in cloud related wizards when accessibility
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| 68 | functionality was enabled
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para>
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| 74 | GUI: Soft keyboard visual improvements, and fix crash for first use
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <listitem>
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| 79 | <para>
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| 80 | GUI: Added the missing restriction options for disabling new
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| 81 | functionality such as the VISO creator
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <listitem>
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| 86 | <para>
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| 87 | GUI: More consistent medium selection (both showing known images
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| 88 | and allowing to select using the file picker)
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <listitem>
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| 93 | <para>
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| 94 | Documentation: updated supported host operating systems, added few
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| 95 | new manual pages (more to come later)
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 | </listitem>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <listitem>
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | Virtualization core: Improvements for nested hardware-virtualization
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| 102 | on Intel CPUs
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 | </listitem>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <listitem>
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| 107 | <para>
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| 108 | VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA: Support YUV2 and related texture formats with hosts
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| 109 | using OpenGL (macOS and Linux), which accelerates video playback
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| 110 | when 3D is enabled by delegating the color space conversion to the
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| 111 | host GPU
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| 112 | </para>
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| 113 | </listitem>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <listitem>
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| 116 | <para>
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| 117 | VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA: Several drawing fixes for the 3D case
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <listitem>
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| 122 | <para>
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| 123 | USB: Improvements for EHCI controller implementation
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 | </listitem>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <listitem>
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| 128 | <para>
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| 129 | USB: Filter can now specify port path, uniquely identifying a port
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| 130 | in a system
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| 131 | </para>
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| 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>
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| 136 | NAT Network: Use non-blocking sockets on Linux for accepted
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| 137 | incoming connections (port forwarding)
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| 138 | </para>
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| 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <listitem>
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| 142 | <para>
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| 143 | PCnet-ISA: Added new network adapter type, currently CLI only
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 | </listitem>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>
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| 149 | SMBIOS: Store system UUID in little endian format which is the
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| 150 | default for new VMs, while existing VMs stick to the old VirtualBox
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| 151 | behavior of storing them in big endian format for backwards
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| 152 | compatibility to avoid breaking the activation status of Windows VMs
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 | </listitem>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <listitem>
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| 157 | <para>VBoxSDL frontend: Fixed running on Windows hosts</para>
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| 158 | </listitem>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <listitem>
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| 161 | <para>VBoxManage: show "unrestricted guest" and "nested HW
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| 162 | virtualization" CPU features when listing the host information</para>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <listitem>
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| 166 | <para>
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| 167 | Shared Clipboard: Implemented experimental support for file transfers
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| 168 | for Linux hosts on Windows guests (disabled by default)
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 | </listitem>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <listitem>
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| 173 | <para>Linux host and guest: Support Linux 5.4 (bug #18945)</para>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <listitem>
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| 177 | <para>Linux host and guest: Force disabling of kernel module signing
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| 178 | during build (user can do it afterwards)</para>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>
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| 183 | Windows Guest Additions: Many fixes for drawing problems in the
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| 184 | driver for VBoxSVGA
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | Windows Guest Additions: Fixes for legacy VBoxVGA adapter, restore
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| 191 | previously working cases
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| 192 | </para>
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| 193 | </listitem>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>
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| 197 | Windows Guest Additions: Restore VHWA functionality for VBoxSVGA
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| 198 | </para>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | </itemizedlist>
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| 202 | </sect1>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <sect1>
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| 205 | <title>Version 6.1.0_BETA2 (2019-10-23)</title>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <para>
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| 208 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
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| 209 | </para>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <itemizedlist>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>
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| 215 | Virtualization core: Improvements for nested hardware-virtualization
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| 216 | on Intel CPUs, Windows works now on outer VM (needs beta VirtualBox)
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| 217 | </para>
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| 218 | </listitem>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <listitem>
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| 221 | <para>
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| 222 | Virtualization core: Drop recompiler, i.e. running VMs now needs
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| 223 | a CPU supporting hardware virtualization
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| 224 | </para>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | Runtime: Works now on hosts with many CPUs (limit now 1024)
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| 230 | </para>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <listitem>
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| 234 | <para>
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| 235 | GUI: Storage and Network settings pages bug-fixes and usability optimization
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| 236 | </para>
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| 237 | </listitem>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <listitem>
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| 240 | <para>
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| 241 | GUI: Show VM CPU load as part of status bar CPU indicator
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| 242 | </para>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <listitem>
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| 246 | <para>
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| 247 | GUI: Media enumeration fixes
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| 248 | </para>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>
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| 253 | GUI: Popup messages mouse click fix
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| 254 | </para>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>
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| 259 | GUI: Details pane fixes
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| 260 | </para>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>
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| 265 | GUI: Added multimedia keys to soft keyboard and other improvements
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| 266 | </para>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <listitem>
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| 270 | <para>
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| 271 | GUI: Fix and unify geometry save/restore in various dialogs
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| 272 | </para>
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| 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>
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| 277 | Cloud: More flexibility in VM export and import to Oracle Cloud
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| 278 | Infrastructure, add free-form tags to cloud images
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| 279 | </para>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <listitem>
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| 283 | <para>
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| 284 | Graphics: Remove 3D support for VBoxVGA (old one deprecated with 6.0)
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| 285 | </para>
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| 286 | </listitem>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <listitem>
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| 289 | <para>
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| 290 | Graphics: Additional texture format supportd on Windows host
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| 291 | </para>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>
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| 296 | Graphics: Improved fix for flickering on Windows host
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| 297 | </para>
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| 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>
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| 302 | NAT: Fix TFTP OACK response, send only if request has options
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| 303 | </para>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>
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| 308 | API: Reduce the amount of leftovers from Move VM function
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| 309 | </para>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <listitem>
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| 313 | <para>
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| 314 | Audio: Allow changing the host audio backend while the VM is
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| 315 | in saved state
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| 316 | </para>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <listitem>
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| 320 | <para>vboximg-mount: Now also available on Linux host
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| 321 | </para>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <listitem>
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| 325 | <para>
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| 326 | VBoxManage: More cloud functionality coverage, e.g. starting
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| 327 | a cloud instance
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| 328 | </para>
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| 329 | </listitem>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <listitem>
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| 332 | <para>
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| 333 | VBoxManage: As part of the guest control feature support moving
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| 334 | multiple source files/directories to a target directory
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| 335 | </para>
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| 336 | </listitem>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <listitem>
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| 339 | <para>
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| 340 | macOS host: Fix VM crashes (most visible on macOS Catalina)
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| 341 | </para>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <listitem>
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| 345 | <para>
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| 346 | Windows host: Improve USB device capturing accuracy
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| 347 | </para>
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| 348 | </listitem>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <listitem>
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| 351 | <para>
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| 352 | EFI: Switch to newer firmware code base and add NVRAM support,
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| 353 | should improve compatibility with OSes significantly
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| 354 | </para>
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| 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | </itemizedlist>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | </sect1>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <sect1>
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| 362 | <title>Version 6.1.0_BETA1 (2019-09-12)</title>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | <para>
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| 365 | This is a major update. The following major new features were
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| 366 | added:
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| 367 | </para>
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| 368 |
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| 369 | <itemizedlist>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <listitem>
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| 372 | <para>
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| 373 | Implemented support for importing a virtual machine from Oracle
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| 374 | Cloud Infrastructure
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| 375 | </para>
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| 376 | </listitem>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>
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| 380 | Extended support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle
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| 381 | Cloud Infrastructure, allowing the creation of multiple
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| 382 | virtual machines without re-uploading. Also added option to
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| 383 | export a VM to the cloud using the more efficient variant
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| 384 | "paravirtialized"
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| 385 | </para>
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| 386 | </listitem>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <listitem>
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| 389 | <para>
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| 390 | Virtualization core: Support for nested hardware-virtualization
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| 391 | on Intel CPUs (starting with 5th generation Core i, codename
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| 392 | Broadwell)
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| 393 | </para>
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| 394 | </listitem>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <listitem>
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| 397 | <para>
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| 398 | Graphics: New style 3D support (with VBoxSVGA and VMSVGA) remains,
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| 399 | old style 3D support (with VBoxVGA) has been completely removed
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| 400 | </para>
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| 401 | </listitem>
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| 402 |
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| 403 | <listitem>
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| 404 | <para>
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| 405 | Shared Clipboard: Implemented experimental support for file transfers
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| 406 | (Windows hosts/guests only at the moment). Needs to be enabled via
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| 407 | VBoxManage (disabled by default).
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| 408 | </para>
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| 409 | </listitem>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | </itemizedlist>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | <para>
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| 414 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
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| 415 | </para>
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| 416 |
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| 417 | <itemizedlist>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | <listitem>
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| 420 | <para>
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| 421 | GUI: Improved the VISO creation and file manager dialogs
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| 422 | </para>
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| 423 | </listitem>
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| 424 |
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| 425 | <listitem>
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| 426 | <para>
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| 427 | GUI: Virtual machine list of VirtualBox Manager was improved. Machine
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| 428 | groups are now more obvious visually and VM search functionality
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| 429 | has been improved. Global Tools element can now be pinned in place,
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| 430 | to avoid scrolling it with rest of machine list
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| 431 | </para>
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| 432 | </listitem>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <listitem>
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| 435 | <para>
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| 436 | GUI: Virtual machine details pane is now extended with embedded editors
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| 437 | for certain VM attributes which we decided as the most
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| 438 | important, allowing user to edit them on-the-fly by clicking corresponding
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| 439 | hyper-links without opening VM settings dialog
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| 440 | </para>
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| 441 | </listitem>
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| 442 |
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| 443 | <listitem>
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| 444 | <para>
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| 445 | GUI: Internal medium enumeration routines were optimized to reduce the load
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| 446 | and optimize the performance in cases when user have lots
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| 447 | of media registered. Also, we again allowed to add existing media (and create new)
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| 448 | via Virtual Media Manager
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| 449 | </para>
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| 450 | </listitem>
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| 451 |
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| 452 | <listitem>
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| 453 | <para>
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| 454 | GUI: VM storage settings page was adjusted a bit in usability regard. User is now
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| 455 | allowed to change controller bus type and can move attachments between the controllers
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| 456 | by using drag and drop
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| 457 | </para>
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| 458 | </listitem>
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| 459 |
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| 460 | <listitem>
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| 461 | <para>
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| 462 | GUI: Added a new soft (virtual) keyboard enabling keyboard inputs to guests
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| 463 | </para>
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| 464 | </listitem>
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| 465 |
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| 466 | <listitem>
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| 467 | <para>
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| 468 | GUI: Improved and extended the Session Information dialog
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| 469 | </para>
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| 470 | </listitem>
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| 471 |
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| 472 | <listitem>
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| 473 | <para>Input: Added support for horizontal scrolling in the PS/2 mouse
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| 474 | device using the IntelliMouse Explorer protocol. Note that this support
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| 475 | is automatically used by Linux guests but not by Windows guests
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| 476 | </para>
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| 477 | </listitem>
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| 478 |
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| 479 | <listitem>
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| 480 | <para>vboximg-mount: Experimental support for direct read-only access
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| 481 | to NTFS, FAT and ext2/3/4 filesystems inside a disk image without
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| 482 | the need for support on the host
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| 483 | </para>
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| 484 | </listitem>
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| 485 |
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| 486 | <listitem>
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| 487 | <para>Guest Control/VBoxManage: Added support for specifying multiple sources
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| 488 | when renaming guest files
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| 489 | </para>
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| 490 | </listitem>
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| 491 |
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| 492 | </itemizedlist>
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| 493 |
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| 494 | </sect1>
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| 495 |
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| 496 | </chapter>
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