Which VirtualBox repo to use?
I have been using VirtualBox for a long while. Looking at what rpms are available I see:
$ dnf list '*VirtualBox*'
Last metadata expiration check: 19 days, 23:03:27 ago on Thu Mar 15 14:29:34 2018.
Installed Packages
VirtualBox-5.2.x86_64 5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1 @virtualbox
Available Packages
VirtualBox.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
VirtualBox-5.1.x86_64 5.1.34_121010_fedora26-1 virtualbox
VirtualBox-devel.i686 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
VirtualBox-devel.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
VirtualBox-guest-additions.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
VirtualBox-kmodsrc.x86_64 5.1.22-1.fc26
rpmfusion-free
VirtualBox-kmodsrc.noarch 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
VirtualBox-server.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
VirtualBox-webservice.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
akmod-VirtualBox.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
kmod-VirtualBox.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
python-VirtualBox.x86_64 5.2.6-2.fc26
rpmfusion-free-updates
Which repo [virtualbox (Oracle) or rpmfusion] should one use?
Is Oracle simply a more up-to-date repo? Does rpmfusion packages actually fetch
the Oracle rpm, or is rpmfusion a separate, full build?
The size difference is significant:
rpmfusion VirtualBox-5.2.8-2.fc26.x86_64.rpm 8.1MB
virtualbox VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 69 MB
If the two are different: if I change to use the rpmfusion repo, will the VMs be
compatible?
TIA
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Eyal Lebedinsky (fedora(a)eyal.emu.id.au)