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Bug 237306 - Version bump: app-emulation/virtualbox-* 2.0.0
Summary: Version bump: app-emulation/virtualbox-* 2.0.0
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 236692
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
URL: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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Reported: 2008-09-10 11:22 UTC by Karl H
Modified: 2008-09-10 18:05 UTC (History)
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Description Karl H 2008-09-10 11:22:01 UTC
Version bump. 
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/SATA: 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
   

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 Dustin Polke 2008-09-10 12:01:55 UTC
Dupe of bug #236692
Comment 2 Wormo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-09-10 18:05:50 UTC
Karl: if you are up for trying out candidate ebuilds before they go in the tree, grab them from the other bug and install them from a local overlay. Feedback should go to bug #236692.

Dustin: good catch.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 236692 ***