Changeset 56175 in vbox

Timestamp:

Jun 1, 2015 7:37:19 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

doc/manual: some updates regarding supported Linux distributions

Location:

trunk/doc/manual/en_US

Files:

• user_BasicConcepts.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• user_Installation.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• user_Introduction.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml

@@ -1009 +1009 @@
     <para>On a Linux host, depending on your host configuration, you can also
     select between the OSS, ALSA or the PulseAudio subsystem. On newer Linux
-    distributions (Fedora 8 and above, Ubuntu 8.04 and above), the PulseAudio
-    subsystem should be preferred.</para>
+    distributions, the PulseAudio subsystem should be preferred.</para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -1401 +1400 @@
     line interface like this: <screen>VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --firmware efi</screen>
     To switch back to using the BIOS, use: <screen>VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --firmware bios</screen>One
-    notable user of EFI is Apple's Mac OS X, but recent Linuxes (such as Fedora
-    11) and Windows (starting with Vista) offer special versions that can be
+    notable user of EFI is Apple's Mac OS X, but more recent Linuxes
+    and Windows (starting with Vista) offer special versions that can be
     booted using EFI as well.</para>
 

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Installation.xml

@@ -413 +413 @@
         install the Debian package:</para>
 
-        <screen>sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_$VBOX_VERSION_STRING_Ubuntu_raring_i386.deb</screen>
+        <screen>sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_$VBOX_VERSION_STRING_Ubuntu_raring_i386.deb</screen>
 
         <para>You will be asked to accept the VirtualBox Personal Use and

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Introduction.xml

@@ -438 +438 @@
 
       <listitem>
-        <para><emphasis role="bold">Mac OS X</emphasis> hosts:<footnote>
+        <para><emphasis role="bold">Mac OS X</emphasis> hosts (64-bit):<footnote>
             <para>Preliminary Mac OS X support (beta stage) was added with
             VirtualBox 1.4, full support with 1.6. Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
@@ -470 +470 @@
           </footnote>). Among others, this includes:<itemizedlist>
             <listitem>
-              <para>Ubuntu 10.04 to 14.10</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 ("squeeze") and 7.0 ("wheezy")</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Linux 6</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Fedora Core 6 to 20</para>
+              <para>Ubuntu 10.04 to 15.04</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 ("Squeeze") and 8.0 ("Jessie")</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Linux 6 and 7</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Redhat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Fedora Core / Fedora 6 to 22</para>
             </listitem>
 
@@ -494 +494 @@
 
             <listitem>
-              <para>openSUSE 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1</para>
+              <para>openSUSE 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1</para>
             </listitem>