Reviving an old thread here, but I wanted to mention (for the sake of those who were following the whole VirtualBox non-free vs. OSE discussion) that I have completely switched to VirtualBox OSE (in the default Ubuntu Lucid repository) and I'm not missing a thing about the free-as-in-beer version. Thanks, Dan, for challenging my outdated assumptions! :-)
Chris Sharp PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 (404) 235-7147 [email protected] http://pines.georgialibraries.org/ ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Sharp" <[email protected]> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:55:20 AM > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] local install for testing > > Hmm, VirtualBox OSE (open source edition) as packaged in Ubuntu 9.10 > > has everything that I've needed for creating and testing Evergreen > > images. I think it's missing sound and USB drivers(?) but those seem > > pretty useless in this particular context. > > It has actually been a couple of years since I used OSE - maybe I'll > give it another shot. When I tried it before, networking was a huge > headache and there were some other limitations that I can't recall at > the moment - I was still very much a newbie at the time :-). > > Thanks for mentioning this. > > Chris Sharp > PINES Program Manager > Georgia Public Library Service > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 > Atlanta, Georgia 30345 > (404) 235-7147 > [email protected] > http://pines.georgialibraries.org/ > > ----- "Dan Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 14 April 2010 11:16, Sharp, Chris <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> Be aware though that Virtualbox has a free beer version and a > > >> free speech version. > > > > > > Unfortunately, I prefer the free as in beer version, which > > > provides > > a lot of the extras you'll probably want for your project, Lori. > > Sometimes practicality forces us F/OSS end users to compromise a > > little bit :-) > >
