The PPA has version 3.2.6, so I just got the source instead... building now:
svn co http://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk vbox Note: the best skill you can develop on Linux is to lose the fear of building from source On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Sep 1 - BOINC > Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions > Nov 3 - Bug Labs _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions Nov 3 - Bug Labs
