On Friday 27 August 2010 15:49:12 Joseph Apuzzo wrote:
> Thank you Chris, I lost my way there, non-libre is never acceptable
> ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre )
> I removed the VirtualBox non-free and found the VirtualBox-OSE PPA:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:debfx/virtualbox
>
> My apologies, I'm a free man once again!
I was curious as to what the differences between the proprietary version of
VirtualBox and the Open Source Edition (VirtualBox OSE) were. Apparently the
only thing the proprietary version has over the OSE verion is:
- A built-in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server
- USB pass-through to guest VM
- The combination of running the RDP server with support of
remote USB devices
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox#Licensing
And for Debian, VirtualBox OSE 3.2.8 is right in the main tree -- no external
repository needed.
-- Chris
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Chris Knadle
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