12 version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04), 12version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04) – Sun Microsystems VIRTUALBOX 3.0.0 User Manual

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12 Change log

12.12 Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)

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

• 64 bits guest support (64 bits host only)

• New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts

• The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements

• New-version notifier

• Guest property information interface

• Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts

• New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts

• Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)

• Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)

• Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing

raw disks/partitions (major performance gain)

• Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests

• Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface

on Linux and Solaris hosts

• Support for VHD disk images

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

• VMM: VT-x fixes

• AHCI: improved performance

• GUI: keyboard fixes

• Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if unregistering the DKMS

module fails

• Linux Additions: the guest screen resolution is properly restored

• Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)

• Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11

• 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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