| | 2 | '''!VirtualBox 2.0.0''' (released 2008-09-04)[[BR]][[BR]] |
| | 3 | This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: |
| | 4 | * 64 bits guest support (64 bits host only) |
| | 5 | * New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts |
| | 6 | * The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements |
| | 7 | * New-version notifier |
| | 8 | * Guest property information interface |
| | 9 | * Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts |
| | 10 | * New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts |
| | 11 | * Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain) |
| | 12 | * Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics) |
| | 13 | * Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw disks/partitions (major performance gain) |
| | 14 | * Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests |
| | 15 | * Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts |
| | 16 | * Support for VHD disk images |
| | 17 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: |
| | 18 | * VMM: VT-x fixes |
| | 19 | * AHCI/SATA: improved performance |
| | 20 | * GUI: keyboard fixes |
| | 21 | * Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if unregistering the DKMS module fails |
| | 22 | * Linux additions: the guest screen resolution is properly restored |
| | 23 | * Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes) |
| | 24 | * Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11 |
| | 25 | * Mac OS X: Ctrl+Left mouse click doesn’t simulate a right mouse click in the guest anymore. Use Hostkey+Left for a right mouse click emulation. (bug #1766) |
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