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21 | SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
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24 | <!--
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25 | Release change log structure
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26 |
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27 | Each release has a matching log of changes which were made for that and
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28 | earlier releases. Earlier releases means anything with a lower number (e.g.
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29 | 5.0.18 is lower than 5.1.2) which was released before this one. The log is
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30 | kept in the file doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml. Anything worth mentioning,
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31 | particularly new features and fixed bugs, with a trac bug number if possible,
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32 | should be added to the top of the change log (that is, the section for the
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33 | upcoming release) for the branch in which it first appears - stable or
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34 | development - before the next release. If you back-port it to older branches
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35 | please add an entry there too. When a new major release is made, change log
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36 | sections for earlier releases are merged in.
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37 |
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38 | Change log sections are split into two groups: major new features (normally
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39 | only for dot zero releases) and fixes. In addition, the entries in each group
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40 | are ordered as follows:
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41 |
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42 | VMM-related entries (most important)
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43 | GUI-related entries (most visible for users)
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44 | Device-related entries
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45 | VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries
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46 | Host-related entries
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47 | Guest-related entries
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48 | BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries
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49 |
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50 | Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for
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51 | users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux. Please
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52 | also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use
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53 | technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough.
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54 |
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55 | Rules for adding a changelog entry to make them look more uniform:
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56 |
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57 | 1. Begin the entry with an UPPERCASE letter, e.g. "Foo: Fixed" vs. "Foo: fixed"
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58 | 2. Use the past form of something, e.g. "Fixed ..." vs. "Fix ..."
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59 | 3. No dot (.) after the entry, e.g. "<para>Foo: Bar</para>" vs. "<para>Foo: Bar.</para>"
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60 |
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61 | Full example:
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62 |
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>Foo: Fixed something really important</para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | -->
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67 | <chapter>
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68 |
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69 | <!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work.
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70 | So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. -->
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71 | <sect1>
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72 |
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73 | <title>Version 7.0.X (date tbd)</title>
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74 |
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75 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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76 | added:</para>
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77 |
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78 | <itemizedlist>
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79 |
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80 | <listitem>
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81 | <para>VirtioNet: Fixed broken network after loading saved state (bug #21172)</para>
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82 | </listitem>
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83 |
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <para>Mouse Integration: Provided guest with extended host mouse state</para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 |
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88 | <listitem>
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89 | <para>Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for building
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90 | UEK7 kernel on Oracle Linux 8</para>
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91 | </listitem>
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92 |
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.1 kernel</para>
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95 | </listitem>
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96 |
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97 | </itemizedlist>
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98 | </sect1>
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99 |
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100 | <sect1>
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101 |
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102 | <title>Version 7.0.4 (2022-11-18)</title>
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103 |
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104 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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105 | added:</para>
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106 |
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107 | <itemizedlist>
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108 |
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109 | <listitem>
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110 | <para>VMM: Added nested paging support for nested virtualization (Intel hosts only)</para>
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111 | </listitem>
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112 |
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113 | <listitem>
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114 | <para>VMM: Fixed rare guru meditations with certain guests on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) (bug #21237)</para>
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115 | </listitem>
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116 |
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117 | <listitem>
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118 | <para>VMM: Fixed possible VM process crash on Windows hosts when Hyper-V is used with certain guests (bug #21174)</para>
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119 | </listitem>
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120 |
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121 | <listitem>
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122 | <para>VMM: Fixed Windows XP guest hang or BSOD on AMD CPUs under certain circumstances (bug #21256)</para>
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123 | </listitem>
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124 |
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125 | <listitem>
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126 | <para>GUI: Various bugfixes for the Guest Control file manager</para>
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127 | </listitem>
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128 |
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129 | <listitem>
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130 | <para>GUI: Added more informative file operations in the Guest Control file manager</para>
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131 | </listitem>
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132 |
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133 | <listitem>
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134 | <para>GUI: Added an option to the global settings (the display page) to resize user interface font</para>
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135 | </listitem>
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136 |
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137 | <listitem>
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138 | <para>GUI: Fixed a regression in new vm wizard. Selected virtual disks are no longer deleted when the wizard
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139 | is cancelled (bug #21244)</para>
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140 | </listitem>
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141 |
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142 | <listitem>
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143 | <para>GUI: Added a new menu item to the devices menu to optionally upgrade the guest additions.</para>
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144 | </listitem>
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145 |
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146 | <listitem>
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147 | <para>VirtioSCSI: Fixed recognition of the virtio SCSI controller by the EFI firmware (bug #21200)</para>
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148 | </listitem>
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149 |
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150 | <listitem>
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151 | <para>VirtioSCSI: Fixed hang when shutting down the VM if the virtio SCSI controller is used (bug #21144)</para>
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152 | </listitem>
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153 |
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154 | <listitem>
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155 | <para>virtio-net: Workaround a bug in the virtio-net driver included in FreeBSD version up to 12.3
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156 | which renders the device non functional (bug #21201)</para>
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157 | </listitem>
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158 |
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159 | <listitem>
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160 | <para>Storage: Fixed I/O errors with the VirtioSCSI controller when the host I/O cache is enabled (bug #19717)</para>
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161 | </listitem>
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162 |
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163 | <listitem>
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164 | <para>VBoxManage: Fixed regression when 'createmedium disk --variant RawDisk' command resulted
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165 | in invalid .vmdk file (bug #21125)</para>
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166 | </listitem>
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167 |
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168 | <listitem>
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169 | <para>Main: Restored input pointing device behavior in multi-monitor
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170 | VM configuration (bug #21137)</para>
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171 | </listitem>
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172 |
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173 | <listitem>
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174 | <para>Main: Fixed progress indication during automatic Linux
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175 | Guest Additions installation</para>
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176 | </listitem>
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177 |
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178 | <listitem>
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179 | <para>Guest Control: Fixed path handling issues (bug #21095)</para>
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180 | </listitem>
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181 |
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182 | <listitem>
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183 | <para>3D: Fixed VM process crash on macOS with 3D enabled (bug #21232)</para>
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184 | </listitem>
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185 |
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186 | <listitem>
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187 | <para>Linux Host and Guest: General improvements in startup scripts</para>
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188 | </listitem>
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189 |
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for
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192 | RHEL 8.7 and 9.2 kernels (bug #21272, #21258)</para>
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193 | </listitem>
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194 |
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195 | <listitem>
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196 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for SLES 15.4 kernels</para>
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197 | </listitem>
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198 |
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199 | <listitem>
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200 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel modules rebuild behavior on
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201 | system shutdown</para>
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202 | </listitem>
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203 |
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204 | </itemizedlist>
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205 | </sect1>
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206 |
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207 | <sect1>
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208 |
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209 | <title>Version 7.0.2 (2022-10-20)</title>
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210 |
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211 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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212 | added:</para>
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213 |
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214 | <itemizedlist>
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215 |
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216 | <listitem>
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217 | <para>Known issue: VMs having more than one vCPU configured will not work properly on macOS
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218 | Catalina due to an unknown memory corruption issue. Either lower the number of vCPUs to 1
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219 | or upgrade to BigSur or later where the issue does not occur</para>
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220 | </listitem>
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221 |
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222 | <listitem>
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223 | <para>Main: Fixed issue when VBoxSVC could become unresponsive if Extension Pack
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224 | was not installed (bug #21167)</para>
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225 | </listitem>
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226 |
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>macOS hosts: Added workaround for a bug in the Hypervisor framework on Catalina causing
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229 | VERR_NEM_MAP_PAGES_FAILED errors when starting a VM. (bug #21128)</para>
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230 | </listitem>
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231 |
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232 | <listitem>
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233 | <para>macOS hosts: Re-introduced support for internal networking, this is considered a bit
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234 | experimental still</para>
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235 | </listitem>
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236 |
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>macOS hosts: Fixed VM crash when the guest tries to access a microphone or webcam</para>
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239 | </listitem>
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240 |
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241 | <listitem>
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242 | <para>Windows host: Shared Clipboard: Fixed issue when only 4Kb of host
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243 | clipboard buffer was accessible to guest (bug #21149)</para>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 |
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246 | <listitem>
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247 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.1</para>
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248 | </listitem>
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249 |
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250 | <listitem>
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251 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient seamless service
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252 | caused a crash of some X11 applications (bug #21132)</para>
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253 | </listitem>
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254 |
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255 | <listitem>
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256 | <para>Windows hosts: GUI: Fixed missing Qt libraries for vista style and sql driver (bug #21155)</para>
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257 | </listitem>
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258 |
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259 | <listitem>
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260 | <para>GUI: Fixed a glitch in the log viewer which was causing wrong log file to be saved (bug #21156)</para>
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261 | </listitem>
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262 |
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263 | </itemizedlist>
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264 | </sect1>
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265 |
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266 | <sect1>
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267 |
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268 | <title>Version 7.0.0 (2022-10-10)</title>
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269 |
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270 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features were added:</para>
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271 |
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272 | <itemizedlist>
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273 |
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274 | <listitem>
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275 | <para>Virtual machines can be fully encrypted now, including the VM config logs
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276 | and saved states (CLI only for now)</para>
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277 | </listitem>
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278 |
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279 | <listitem>
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280 | <para>OCI: Cloud virtual machines can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled
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281 | as local VMs</para>
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282 | </listitem>
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283 |
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <para>OCI: Cloud networks can now be configured via Network Manager tool same way as
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286 | it is done for Host-only and NAT networks</para>
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287 | </listitem>
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288 |
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289 | <listitem>
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290 | <para>GUI: Added a new utility similar to "top" or "resource monitor" which lists peformance statistics
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291 | (CPU usage, RAM usage, disk I/O rate, etc.) of running guests</para>
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292 | </listitem>
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293 |
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294 | <listitem>
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295 | <para>GUI: Reworked the new vm wizard to integrate the unattended
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296 | guest OS installation and to have a more streamlined work flow</para>
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297 | </listitem>
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298 |
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299 | <listitem>
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300 | <para>GUI: Added a new help viewer widget which enables the user manual to be navigated
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301 | and searched</para>
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302 | </listitem>
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303 |
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304 | <listitem>
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305 | <para>GUI: Adding new notification center unifying most of running progresses and error
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306 | reporting around the GUI</para>
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307 | </listitem>
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308 |
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309 | <listitem>
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310 | <para>GUI: Improved theme support on all platforms. Linux and macOS
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311 | use native engine while for Windows host it is separately implemented.</para>
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312 | </listitem>
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313 |
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314 | <listitem>
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315 | <para>GUI: Large icon update.</para>
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316 | </listitem>
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317 |
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318 | <listitem>
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319 | <para>Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers.
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320 | Opus is no longer being used.</para>
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321 | </listitem>
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322 |
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323 | <listitem>
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324 | <para>Audio: Added "default" host driver type to make it possible to move VMs (appliances) between different platforms
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325 | without the need of changing the audio driver explicitly. When the "default" driver is selected, the best audio backend
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326 | option for a platform will be used. This is the default for newly created VMs.</para>
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327 | </listitem>
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328 |
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329 | <listitem>
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330 | <para>Guest Control: Implemented initial support for automatic updating
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331 | of Guest Additions for Linux guests</para>
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332 | </listitem>
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333 |
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334 | <listitem>
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335 | <para>Guest Control: Implemented ability to wait for and/or reboot the
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336 | guest when updating Guest Additions via VBoxManage</para>
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337 | </listitem>
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338 |
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339 | <listitem>
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340 | <para>VBoxManage: Added Guest Control "waitrunlevel" sub-command to
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341 | make it possible to wait for a guest to reach a certain run level</para>
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342 | </listitem>
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343 |
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344 | <listitem>
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345 | <para>Windows hosts: Added experimental support of running autostarted VMs
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346 | in session 0, to allow running VMS even when a usser is not being logged
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347 | in (disabled by default, please consult the manual)</para>
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348 | </listitem>
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349 |
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350 | <listitem>
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351 | <para>macOS host: Dropped all kernel extensions. VirtualBox relies fully on
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352 | the hypervisor and vmnet frameworks provided by Apple now. At the moment
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353 | the implementation lacks "Internal Networking" functionality. This will be
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354 | provided at a later date.</para>
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355 | </listitem>
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356 |
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357 | <listitem>
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358 | <para>macOS host: Providing a Developer Preview package for systems with
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359 | an Apple silicon CPU. This is unsupported work in progress, and is known
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360 | to have very modest performance.</para>
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361 | </listitem>
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362 |
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363 | <listitem>
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364 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Reworked guest screen re-size functionality,
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365 | added basic integration with some of guest Desktop Environments</para>
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366 | </listitem>
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367 |
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368 | <listitem>
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369 | <para>Devices: Implemented new 3D support based on DirectX 11 (and DXVK
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370 | on non Windows hosts)</para>
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371 | </listitem>
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372 |
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373 | <listitem>
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374 | <para>Devices: Added virtual IOMMU devices (Intel and AMD variant)</para>
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375 | </listitem>
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376 |
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377 | <listitem>
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378 | <para>Devices: Added virtual TPM 1.2 and 2.0 devices</para>
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379 | </listitem>
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380 |
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381 | <listitem>
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382 | <para>Devices: The EHCI and XHCI USB controller devices are now part of the
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383 | open source base package</para>
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384 | </listitem>
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385 |
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386 | <listitem>
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387 | <para>EFI: Added support for Secure Boot</para>
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388 | </listitem>
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389 |
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390 | <listitem>
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391 | <para>Debugging: Added experimental support for guest debugging through
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392 | GDB and highly experimental support for guest debugging through KD/WinDbg</para>
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393 | </listitem>
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394 |
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395 | </itemizedlist>
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396 |
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397 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
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398 |
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399 | <itemizedlist>
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400 |
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401 | <listitem>
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402 | <para>OCI: Cloud networking functionality is enhanced for local VMs, now local VMs could
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403 | be connected to cloud networking</para>
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404 | </listitem>
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405 |
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406 | <listitem>
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407 | <para>GUI: Improved behavior of the virtual machine list and various VM related tools in case
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408 | multiple items are selected</para>
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409 | </listitem>
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410 |
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411 | <listitem>
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412 | <para>GUI: On available platforms, added a new option to disable the host's screensaver</para>
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413 | </listitem>
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414 |
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415 | <listitem>
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416 | <para>GUI: Reworked global preferences, machine settings and the wizards to improve stability
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417 | and usability</para>
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418 | </listitem>
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419 |
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420 | <listitem>
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421 | <para>GUI: Improving mouse handling in multi-monitor case on X11 platform</para>
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422 | </listitem>
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423 |
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424 | <listitem>
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425 | <para>GUI: Medium enumeration engine was reworked to improve permormance</para>
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426 | </listitem>
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427 |
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428 | <listitem>
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429 | <para>GUI: NAT Network stuff was moved from global preferences to global Network Manager tool</para>
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430 | </listitem>
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431 |
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432 | <listitem>
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433 | <para>GUI: Extension Pack Manager was moved from global preferences to global tools</para>
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434 | </listitem>
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435 |
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436 | <listitem>
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437 | <para>GUI: Improved overall accessibility</para>
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438 | </listitem>
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439 |
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440 | <listitem>
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441 | <para>GUI: Migrating to recent Qt versions.</para>
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442 | </listitem>
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443 |
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444 | </itemizedlist>
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445 | </sect1>
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446 |
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447 | </chapter>
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