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    Sun's VirtualBox 1.6.0 non free RELEASED

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by theZoid, May 13, 2008.

  1. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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  2. Thomas

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    Does it add any new features?
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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    A bunch....I've installed it already (of course, being a VB nut :)

    Changelog:

    VirtualBox 1.6.0 (released 2008-04-30)

    This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

    * Solaris and Mac OS X host support
    * Seamless windowing for Linux and Solaris guests
    * Guest Additions for Solaris
    * A webservice API
    * SATA hard disk (AHCI) controller
    * Experimental Physical Address Extension (PAE) support

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

    * GUI: added accessibility support (508)
    * GUI: VM session information dialog
    * VBoxHeadless: renamed from VBoxVRDP
    * VMM: reduced host CPU load of idle guests
    * VMM: many fixes for VT-x/SVM hardware-supported virtualization
    * ATA/IDE: better disk geometry compatibility with VMware images
    * ATA/IDE: virtualize an AHCI controller
    * Storage: better write optimization, prevent images from growing unnecessarily.
    * Network: support PXE booting with NAT
    * Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for Nexenta guests
    * NAT: improved builtin DHCP server (implemented DHCPNAK response)
    * NAT: port forwarding stopped when restoring the VM from a saved state
    * NAT: make subnet configurable
    * XPCOM: moved to libxml2
    * XPCOM: fixed VBoxSVC autostart race
    * Audio: SoundBlaster 16 emulation
    * USB: fixed problems with USB 2.0 devices
    * MacOS X: fixed seamless mode
    * MacOS X: better desktop integration, several look’n’feel fixes
    * MacOS X: switched to Quartz2D framebuffer
    * MacOS X: added support for shared folders
    * MacOS X: added support for clipboard integration
    * Solaris: added host audio playback support (experimental)
    * Solaris: made it possible to run VirtualBox from non-global zones
    * Shared Folders: made them work for NT4 guests
    * Shared Folders: many bugfixes to improve stability
    * Seamless windows: added support for Linux guests
    * Linux installer: support DKMS for compiling the kernel module
    * Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.25
    * Windows host: support for USB devices has been significantly improved; many additional USB devices now work
    * Windows Additions: automatically install AMD PCNet drivers on Vista guests
    * Linux additions: several fixes, experimental support for RandR 1.2
    * Linux additions: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.25
     
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  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Coolio!, I'll check it out ;)
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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