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| | 3 | '''!VirtualBox 1.6.0''' (released 2008-04-30)[[BR]][[BR]] |
| | 4 | This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: |
| | 5 | * Solaris and Mac OS X host support |
| | 6 | * Seamless windowing for Linux and Solaris guests |
| | 7 | * Guest Additions for Solaris |
| | 8 | * A webservice API |
| | 9 | * SATA hard disk (AHCI) controller |
| | 10 | * Experimental Physical Address Extension (PAE) support |
| | 11 | In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: |
| | 12 | * GUI: added accessibility support (508) |
| | 13 | * GUI: VM session information dialog |
| | 14 | * VBoxHeadless: renamed from VBoxVRDP |
| | 15 | * VMM: reduced host CPU load of idle guests |
| | 16 | * VMM: many fixes for VT-x/SVM hardware-supported virtualization |
| | 17 | * ATA/IDE: better disk geometry compatibility with VMware images |
| | 18 | * ATA/IDE: virtualize an AHCI controller |
| | 19 | * Storage: better write optimization, prevent images from growing unnecessarily. |
| | 20 | * Network: support PXE booting with NAT |
| | 21 | * Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for Nexenta guests |
| | 22 | * NAT: improved builtin DHCP server (implemented DHCPNAK response) |
| | 23 | * NAT: port forwarding stopped when restoring the VM from a saved state |
| | 24 | * NAT: make subnet configurable |
| | 25 | * XPCOM: moved to libxml2 |
| | 26 | * XPCOM: fixed VBoxSVC autostart race |
| | 27 | * Audio: SoundBlaster 16 emulation |
| | 28 | * USB: fixed problems with USB 2.0 devices |
| | 29 | * MacOS X: fixed seamless mode |
| | 30 | * MacOS X: better desktop integration, several look’n’feel fixes |
| | 31 | * MacOS X: switched to Quartz2D framebuffer |
| | 32 | * MacOS X: added support for shared folders |
| | 33 | * MacOS X: added support for clipboard integration |
| | 34 | * Solaris: added host audio playback support (experimental) |
| | 35 | * Solaris: made it possible to run VirtualBox from non-global zones |
| | 36 | * Shared Folders: made them work for NT4 guests |
| | 37 | * Shared Folders: many bugfixes to improve stability |
| | 38 | * Seamless windows: added support for Linux guests |
| | 39 | * Linux installer: support DKMS for compiling the kernel module |
| | 40 | * Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.25 |
| | 41 | * Windows host: support for USB devices has been significantly improved; many |
| | 42 | additional USB devices now work |
| | 43 | * Windows Additions: automatically install AMD PCNet drivers on Vista guests |
| | 44 | * Linux additions: several fixes, experimental support for RandR 1.2 |
| | 45 | * Linux additions: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.25 |
