12Change log

12.12Version 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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