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| 23 |
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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 | 4. Use TWO (2) spaces for indentation
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| 61 | 5. Use line breaks when hitting column 80
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| 62 |
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| 63 | Full example:
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>Foo: Fixed something really important, really really long line
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| 67 | with lots more text not fitting into 80 columns</para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | -->
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| 70 | <chapter>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work.
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| 73 | So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. -->
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| 74 | <sect1>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <title>Version 7.1.4 (2024-10-15)</title>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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| 79 | added:</para>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <itemizedlist>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <listitem>
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| 84 | <para>GUI: Added latest NLS update for Turkish, Indonesian and
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| 85 | Italian languages</para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>VMSVGA: Improved flickering, black screen and other screen
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| 90 | update issues with recent Linux kernels (bug #21955)</para>
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| 91 | </listitem>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <listitem>
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| 94 | <para>NAT: Fixed issue with restoring 7.0.X saved state</para>
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| 95 | </listitem>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>VBoxManage: Fixed breakage of "list vms" and "showvminfo"
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| 99 | for inaccessible VMs</para>
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| 100 | </listitem>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <listitem>
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| 103 | <para>Windows host: Fixed system DLL size checking which failed
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| 104 | with Windows 11 24H2 and recent Insider Preview builds
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| 105 | (bug #22162)</para>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <listitem>
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| 109 | <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduce initial support for kernel 6.12
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| 110 | (NOTE: In kernel 6.12, KVM initializes virtualization on module loading
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| 111 | by default. This prevents VirtualBox VMs from starting. In order to
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| 112 | avoid this, either add "kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0" parameter into kernel
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| 113 | command line or unload corresponding kvm_XXX module)</para>
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| 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <listitem>
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| 117 | <para>Linux/Arm Guest Additions: Added possibility to automatically upgrade
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| 118 | Guest Additions via Devices menu</para>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <listitem>
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| 122 | <para>EFI: Added missing LsiLogic MPT SCSI driver again to fix booting
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| 123 | from devices attached to this device if the EFI firmware is used (7.1.0 regression)</para>
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| 124 | </listitem>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <listitem>
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| 127 | <para>EFI: Restored broken network boot support (7.1.0 regression)</para>
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| 128 | </listitem>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | </itemizedlist>
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| 131 | </sect1>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <sect1>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <title>Version 7.1.2 (2024-09-26)</title>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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| 138 | added:</para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <itemizedlist>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>GUI: Added multiple window layout and translation related fixes</para>
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| 144 | </listitem>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <listitem>
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| 147 | <para>GUI: Fixed an issue that meant VMs created using Unattended Install
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| 148 | were not removed cleanly</para>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>GUI: Added an option to change the remote display security method</para>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>GUI: Removed the BETA label from the macOS/Arm UI</para>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <listitem>
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| 160 | <para>NAT: Fixed slow performance on Windows host (bugs #22164 and #22180)</para>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <listitem>
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| 164 | <para>NAT: Fixed DHCP problems with certain guests when domain is empty</para>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>3D: Fixed enabling 3D acceleration in the VM settings</para>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>3D: Fixed black screen with Windows VMs</para>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <listitem>
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| 176 | <para>3D: Fixed rendering issues caused by incorrect view handling</para>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>3D: Added possibility to enable 3D acceleration function for Arm platform VMs</para>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>GCM: Fixed problem with loading saved state created by 7.0.x</para>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>API: Fixed an issue with incorrect handling of NVRAM state with legacy BIOS
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| 189 | and its removal on VM deletion</para>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <listitem>
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| 193 | <para>API: Fixed UEFI Secure Boot state querying when the VM was never started</para>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para>Guest Additions: Fixed error message on automatic upgrading</para>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>SDK: Fixed building code using the XPCOM bindings (bug #22174)</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 7.1.0 (2024-09-09)</title>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <para>This is a major update. The following new features were added:</para>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <itemizedlist>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>GUI: Modernized look and feel, offering a selection between Basic
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| 217 | and Experienced user level with reduced or full UI functionality</para>
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| 218 | </listitem>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <listitem>
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| 221 | <para>OCI Integration: Performance dashboard now shows resource usage for cloud VMs</para>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>OCI Integration: Clone compute instances</para>
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| 226 | </listitem>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <listitem>
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| 229 | <para>OCI Integration: Reset compute instances</para>
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| 230 | </listitem>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack: Update to the PUEL license,
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| 234 | removing the evaluation option. For evaluation use of the
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| 235 | Extension Pack, please download it from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud</para>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>VRDE: If user does not set up TLS with custom certificates, enable it with
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| 240 | self-signed certificate, including issuing a new one before the old one expires</para>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>NAT: New engine with IPv6 support</para>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>macOS/Arm host: Arm virtualization for Linux and BSD VMs</para>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>Linux host and guest: Added Wayland support for Clipboard sharing
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| 253 | (bug #20808)</para>
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| 254 | </listitem>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <listitem>
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| 257 | <para>Shared Clipboard: Added initial support for transferring files on
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| 258 | Linux and Windows hosts / guests. This requires the 7.1 Guest Additions to
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| 259 | be installed. See User Guide for known limitations</para>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>Screen Recording: Significant performance improvements for the encoding
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| 264 | pipeline, resulting in less CPU usage while recording is active. This
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| 265 | requires 7.1 Guest Additions to be installed on Windows guests</para>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | </itemizedlist>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or 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>VMM: Fixed EFLAGS.TF handling for CPUID instructions when Hyper-V
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| 276 | is being used (bug #17961)</para>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <listitem>
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| 280 | <para>virtio-net: Follow up fixes for FreeBSD 12.3 and pfSense 2.6.0 (bug #21201)</para>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <listitem>
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| 284 | <para>EFI: Ability to add new Microsoft DB/KEX certificates to newly created VMs</para>
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| 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <listitem>
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| 288 | <para>Oracle Extension Pack: Fixed shipping the cryptographic support
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| 289 | module for full VM encryption</para>
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| 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <listitem>
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| 293 | <para>GUI: Improved overall accessibility</para>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <listitem>
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| 297 | <para>GUI: Update the version of Qt used</para>
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| 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>Unattended Installation: Added support for subiquity- / cloud-init-based installers;
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| 302 | this enables installing more modern Linux-based guest OSes in Unattended mode</para>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <listitem>
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| 306 | <para>Unattended Installation: Added support for specifying separate passwords for
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| 307 | the user and admin / root accounts</para>
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| 308 | </listitem>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <listitem>
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| 311 | <para>VBoxManage: Added ability to show and (re-)attach to a (video) recording progress
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| 312 | of a VM</para>
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| 313 | </listitem>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>VBoxManage: Added the ability to query the guest's mount points via a new "mount"
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| 317 | Guest Control sub command. Requires at least 7.1 Guest Additions</para>
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| 318 | </listitem>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <listitem>
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| 321 | <para>Python: Our API bindings for Python 2.x is now marked as being deprecated and will
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| 322 | be removed in a future version. Please upgrade your code to use Python 3</para>
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| 323 | </listitem>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <listitem>
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| 326 | <para>VBoxShell: Lots of smaller and bigger bugfixes + Python 3.x compatibility</para>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | </itemizedlist>
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| 330 | </sect1>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | </chapter>
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