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 6.1.x (2019-xx-xx)</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 | Linux host: Drop PCI passthrough, the current code is too incomplete
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49 | (cannot handle PCIe devices at all), i.e. not useful enough
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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 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 |
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 | </sect1>
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60 |
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61 | <sect1>
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62 | <title>Version 6.1.0_RC1 (2019-11-22)</title>
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63 |
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64 | <para>
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65 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
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66 | </para>
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67 |
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68 | <itemizedlist>
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69 |
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>
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72 | GUI: Some issues related to mouse integration cursor scaling were
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73 | addressed (bug #14366), more to go
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74 | </para>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 |
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>
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79 | GUI: Few usability related fixes for export appliance wizard
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80 | </para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 |
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83 | <listitem>
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84 | <para>
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85 | GUI: Fixed/improved mouse pointer scaling
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86 | </para>
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87 | </listitem>
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88 |
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>
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91 | GUI: Fixed crash in cloud related wizards when accessibility
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92 | functionality was enabled
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93 | </para>
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94 | </listitem>
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95 |
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96 | <listitem>
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97 | <para>
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98 | GUI: Soft keyboard visual improvements, and fix crash for first use
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99 | </para>
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100 | </listitem>
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101 |
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102 | <listitem>
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103 | <para>
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104 | GUI: Added the missing restriction options for disabling new
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105 | functionality such as the VISO creator
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106 | </para>
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107 | </listitem>
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108 |
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109 | <listitem>
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110 | <para>
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111 | GUI: More consistent medium selection (both showing known images
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112 | and allowing to select using the file picker)
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113 | </para>
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114 | </listitem>
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115 |
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116 | <listitem>
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117 | <para>
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118 | Documentation: updated supported host operating systems, added few
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119 | new manual pages (more to come later)
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120 | </para>
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121 | </listitem>
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122 |
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123 | <listitem>
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124 | <para>
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125 | Virtualization core: Improvements for nested hardware-virtualization
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126 | on Intel CPUs
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127 | </para>
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128 | </listitem>
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129 |
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130 | <listitem>
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131 | <para>
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132 | VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA: Support YUV2 and related texture formats with hosts
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133 | using OpenGL (macOS and Linux), which accelerates video playback
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134 | when 3D is enabled by delegating the color space conversion to the
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135 | host GPU
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136 | </para>
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137 | </listitem>
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138 |
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139 | <listitem>
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140 | <para>
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141 | VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA: Several drawing fixes for the 3D case
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142 | </para>
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143 | </listitem>
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144 |
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145 | <listitem>
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146 | <para>
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147 | USB: Improvements for EHCI controller implementation
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148 | </para>
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149 | </listitem>
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150 |
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151 | <listitem>
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152 | <para>
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153 | USB: Filter can now specify port path, uniquely identifying a port
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154 | in a system
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155 | </para>
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156 | </listitem>
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157 |
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158 | <listitem>
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159 | <para>
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160 | NAT Network: Use non-blocking sockets on Linux for accepted
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161 | incoming connections (port forwarding)
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162 | </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 | PCnet-ISA: Added new network adapter type, currently CLI only
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168 | </para>
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169 | </listitem>
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170 |
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171 | <listitem>
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172 | <para>
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173 | SMBIOS: Store system UUID in little endian format which is the
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174 | default for new VMs, while existing VMs stick to the old VirtualBox
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175 | behavior of storing them in big endian format for backwards
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176 | compatibility to avoid breaking the activation status of Windows VMs
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177 | </para>
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178 | </listitem>
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179 |
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180 | <listitem>
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181 | <para>VBoxSDL frontend: Fixed running on Windows hosts</para>
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182 | </listitem>
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183 |
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184 | <listitem>
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185 | <para>VBoxManage: show "unrestricted guest" and "nested HW
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186 | virtualization" CPU features when listing the host information</para>
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187 | </listitem>
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188 |
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189 | <listitem>
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190 | <para>
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191 | Shared Clipboard: Implemented experimental support for file transfers
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192 | for Linux hosts on Windows guests (disabled by default)
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193 | </para>
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194 | </listitem>
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195 |
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196 | <listitem>
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197 | <para>Linux host and guest: Support Linux 5.4 (bug #18945)</para>
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198 | </listitem>
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199 |
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>Linux host and guest: Force disabling of kernel module signing
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202 | during build (user can do it afterwards)</para>
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203 | </listitem>
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204 |
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205 | <listitem>
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206 | <para>
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207 | Windows Guest Additions: Many fixes for drawing problems in the
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208 | driver for VBoxSVGA
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209 | </para>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 |
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212 | <listitem>
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213 | <para>
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214 | Windows Guest Additions: Fixes for legacy VBoxVGA adapter, restore
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215 | previously working cases
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216 | </para>
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217 | </listitem>
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218 |
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219 | <listitem>
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220 | <para>
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221 | Windows Guest Additions: Restore VHWA functionality for VBoxSVGA
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222 | </para>
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223 | </listitem>
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224 |
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225 | </itemizedlist>
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226 | </sect1>
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227 |
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228 | <sect1>
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229 | <title>Version 6.1.0_BETA2 (2019-10-23)</title>
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230 |
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231 | <para>
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232 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
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233 | </para>
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234 |
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235 | <itemizedlist>
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236 |
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>
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239 | Virtualization core: Improvements for nested hardware-virtualization
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240 | on Intel CPUs, Windows works now on outer VM (needs beta VirtualBox)
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241 | </para>
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242 | </listitem>
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243 |
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244 | <listitem>
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245 | <para>
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246 | Virtualization core: Drop recompiler, i.e. running VMs now needs
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247 | a CPU supporting hardware virtualization
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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 | Runtime: Works now on hosts with many CPUs (limit now 1024)
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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: Storage and Network settings pages bug-fixes and usability optimization
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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: Show VM CPU load as part of status bar CPU indicator
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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: Media enumeration fixes
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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 | GUI: Popup messages mouse click fix
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278 | </para>
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279 | </listitem>
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280 |
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281 | <listitem>
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282 | <para>
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283 | GUI: Details pane fixes
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284 | </para>
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285 | </listitem>
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286 |
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287 | <listitem>
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288 | <para>
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289 | GUI: Added multimedia keys to soft keyboard and other improvements
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290 | </para>
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291 | </listitem>
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292 |
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293 | <listitem>
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294 | <para>
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295 | GUI: Fix and unify geometry save/restore in various dialogs
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296 | </para>
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297 | </listitem>
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298 |
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299 | <listitem>
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300 | <para>
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301 | Cloud: More flexibility in VM export and import to Oracle Cloud
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302 | Infrastructure, add free-form tags to cloud images
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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 | Graphics: Remove 3D support for VBoxVGA (old one deprecated with 6.0)
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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 | Graphics: Additional texture format supportd on Windows host
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315 | </para>
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316 | </listitem>
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317 |
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318 | <listitem>
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319 | <para>
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320 | Graphics: Improved fix for flickering on Windows 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 | NAT: Fix TFTP OACK response, send only if request has options
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327 | </para>
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328 | </listitem>
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329 |
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330 | <listitem>
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331 | <para>
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332 | API: Reduce the amount of leftovers from Move VM function
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333 | </para>
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334 | </listitem>
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335 |
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336 | <listitem>
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337 | <para>
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338 | Audio: Allow changing the host audio backend while the VM is
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339 | in saved state
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340 | </para>
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341 | </listitem>
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342 |
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343 | <listitem>
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344 | <para>vboximg-mount: Now also available on Linux host
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345 | </para>
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346 | </listitem>
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347 |
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348 | <listitem>
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349 | <para>
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350 | VBoxManage: More cloud functionality coverage, e.g. starting
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351 | a cloud instance
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352 | </para>
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353 | </listitem>
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354 |
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355 | <listitem>
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356 | <para>
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357 | VBoxManage: As part of the guest control feature support moving
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358 | multiple source files/directories to a target directory
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359 | </para>
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360 | </listitem>
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361 |
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362 | <listitem>
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363 | <para>
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364 | macOS host: Fix VM crashes (most visible on macOS Catalina)
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365 | </para>
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366 | </listitem>
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367 |
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368 | <listitem>
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369 | <para>
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370 | Windows host: Improve USB device capturing accuracy
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371 | </para>
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372 | </listitem>
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373 |
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374 | <listitem>
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375 | <para>
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376 | EFI: Switch to newer firmware code base and add NVRAM support,
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377 | should improve compatibility with OSes significantly
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378 | </para>
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379 | </listitem>
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380 |
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381 | </itemizedlist>
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382 |
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383 | </sect1>
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384 |
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385 | <sect1>
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386 | <title>Version 6.1.0_BETA1 (2019-09-12)</title>
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387 |
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388 | <para>
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389 | This is a major update. The following major new features were
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390 | added:
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391 | </para>
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392 |
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393 | <itemizedlist>
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394 |
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395 | <listitem>
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396 | <para>
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397 | Implemented support for importing a virtual machine from Oracle
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398 | Cloud Infrastructure
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399 | </para>
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400 | </listitem>
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401 |
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402 | <listitem>
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403 | <para>
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404 | Extended support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle
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405 | Cloud Infrastructure, allowing the creation of multiple
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406 | virtual machines without re-uploading. Also added option to
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407 | export a VM to the cloud using the more efficient variant
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408 | "paravirtialized"
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409 | </para>
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410 | </listitem>
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411 |
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412 | <listitem>
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413 | <para>
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414 | Virtualization core: Support for nested hardware-virtualization
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415 | on Intel CPUs (starting with 5th generation Core i, codename
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416 | Broadwell)
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417 | </para>
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418 | </listitem>
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419 |
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420 | <listitem>
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421 | <para>
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422 | Graphics: New style 3D support (with VBoxSVGA and VMSVGA) remains,
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423 | old style 3D support (with VBoxVGA) has been completely removed
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424 | </para>
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425 | </listitem>
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426 |
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427 | <listitem>
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428 | <para>
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429 | Shared Clipboard: Implemented experimental support for file transfers
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430 | (Windows hosts/guests only at the moment). Needs to be enabled via
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431 | VBoxManage (disabled by default).
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432 | </para>
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433 | </listitem>
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434 |
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435 | </itemizedlist>
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436 |
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437 | <para>
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438 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
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439 | </para>
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440 |
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441 | <itemizedlist>
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442 |
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443 | <listitem>
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444 | <para>
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445 | GUI: Improved the VISO creation and file manager dialogs
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446 | </para>
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447 | </listitem>
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448 |
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449 | <listitem>
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450 | <para>
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451 | GUI: Virtual machine list of VirtualBox Manager was improved. Machine
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452 | groups are now more obvious visually and VM search functionality
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453 | has been improved. Global Tools element can now be pinned in place,
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454 | to avoid scrolling it with rest of machine list
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455 | </para>
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456 | </listitem>
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457 |
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458 | <listitem>
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459 | <para>
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460 | GUI: Virtual machine details pane is now extended with embedded editors
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461 | for certain VM attributes which we decided as the most
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462 | important, allowing user to edit them on-the-fly by clicking corresponding
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463 | hyper-links without opening VM settings dialog
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464 | </para>
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465 | </listitem>
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466 |
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467 | <listitem>
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468 | <para>
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469 | GUI: Internal medium enumeration routines were optimized to reduce the load
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470 | and optimize the performance in cases when user have lots
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471 | of media registered. Also, we again allowed to add existing media (and create new)
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472 | via Virtual Media Manager
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473 | </para>
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474 | </listitem>
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475 |
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476 | <listitem>
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477 | <para>
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478 | GUI: VM storage settings page was adjusted a bit in usability regard. User is now
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479 | allowed to change controller bus type and can move attachments between the controllers
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480 | by using drag and drop
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481 | </para>
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482 | </listitem>
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483 |
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484 | <listitem>
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485 | <para>
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486 | GUI: Added a new soft (virtual) keyboard enabling keyboard inputs to guests
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487 | </para>
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488 | </listitem>
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489 |
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490 | <listitem>
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491 | <para>
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492 | GUI: Improved and extended the Session Information dialog
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493 | </para>
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494 | </listitem>
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495 |
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496 | <listitem>
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497 | <para>Input: Added support for horizontal scrolling in the PS/2 mouse
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498 | device using the IntelliMouse Explorer protocol. Note that this support
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499 | is automatically used by Linux guests but not by Windows guests
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500 | </para>
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501 | </listitem>
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502 |
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503 | <listitem>
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504 | <para>vboximg-mount: Experimental support for direct read-only access
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505 | to NTFS, FAT and ext2/3/4 filesystems inside a disk image without
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506 | the need for support on the host
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507 | </para>
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508 | </listitem>
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509 |
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510 | <listitem>
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511 | <para>Guest Control/VBoxManage: Added support for specifying multiple sources
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512 | when renaming guest files
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513 | </para>
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514 | </listitem>
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515 |
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516 | </itemizedlist>
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517 |
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518 | </sect1>
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519 |
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520 | </chapter>
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