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          <para>Foo: Fixed something really important</para>
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  <sect1>

    <title>Version 7.0.0_XXX (date tbd)</title>

    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
      added:</para>

    <itemizedlist>

      <listitem>
        <para>TBD</para>
      </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>
  </sect1>

  <sect1>

    <title>Version 7.0.0_BETA2 (2022-09-12)</title>

    <para>This is a major update. The following major new features were added:</para>

    <itemizedlist>

      <listitem>
         <para>OCI: Cloud virtual machines can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled
           as local VMs </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: Added a new utility similar to "top" or "resource monitor" which lists peformance statistics
        (CPU usage, RAM usage, disk I/O rate, etc.) of running guests</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: Reworked the new vm wizard to integrate the unattended
        guest OS installation and to have a more streamlined work flow</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: Added a new help viewer widget which enables the user manual to be navigated
        and searched</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers.
          Opus is no longer being used.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Audio: Added "default" host driver type to make it possible to move VMs (appliances) between different platforms
          without the need of changing the audio driver explicitly. When the "default" driver is selected, the best audio backend
          option for a platform will be used. This is the default for newly created VMs.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Guest Control: Implemented initial support for automatic updating
          of Guest Additions for Linux guests</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Guest Control: Implemented ability to wait for and/or reboot the
          guest when updating Guest Additions via VBoxManage</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>VBoxManage: Added Guest Control "waitrunlevel" sub-command to
          make it possible to wait for a guest to reach a certain run level</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Windows hosts: Added experimental support of running autostarted VMs
          in session 0, to allow running VMS even when a usser is not being logged
          in (disabled by default, please consult the manual)</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Linux Guest Additions: Reworked guest screen re-size functionality,
          added basic integration with some of guest Desktop Environments</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Devices: Added virtual IOMMU devices (Intel and AMD variant)</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>

    <itemizedlist>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: Improved behavior of the virtual machine list in case multiple items
        are selected</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: On available platforms, added a new option to disable the host's screensaver</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: Reworked the wizards to improve stability and usability</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>GUI: Improved accessibility</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
         <para>OCI: Cloud networking functionality is enhanced for local VMs, now local VMs could
         be connected to cloud networking easily</para>
      </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>
  </sect1>

</chapter>