Hi Fernando,
I'm used to not trust proprietary software vendor repos and packages. Usually they do not declare dependecies correctly and require several manual steps so the software installed from them works properly. So if someone had the trouble of creating a new repo for something the vendor already has packages I wonder if there's something wrong with the vendor packages or if the commnity repo has something else that will make my life easier.
Thanks for the link.
[]s, Fernando Lozano
---- Original Message ---- From: Fernando Cassia fcassia@gmail.com To: "Community support for Fedora users" users@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Seg, Mai 30, 2011, 13:49 PM Subject: Re: Re: KVM x VirtualBox
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 13:27, fernando@lozano.eti.br wrote:
I wonder if there's some reson it would be better not to use Oracle repos.
Well, I think your logic is reversed: Oracle repos will have always the latest builds. Can you say the same about the others?.
But the main question is: will VirtualBox and KVM work in parallel? Or will one conflict with the other?
See here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/virtualbox-and-kvm-...
Notice it speaks about 3.x, not sure if that still applies to 4.x. Maybe some of the Oracle devs can comment.
FC
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On 05/30/2011 12:58 PM, fernando@lozano.eti.br wrote:
Hi Fernando,
I'm used to not trust proprietary software vendor repos and packages. Usually they do not declare dependecies correctly and require several manual steps so the software installed from them works properly. So if someone had the trouble of creating a new repo for something the vendor already has packages I wonder if there's something wrong with the vendor packages or if the commnity repo has something else that will make my life easier.
Thanks for the link.
The community (OSE) version has fewer features such as the ability to access USB etc. Since one of the reasons I run windows in a VM is to program USB devices such as TV remotes, GPS updates etc I have found the oracle version to be preferable and (for older 3.x versions anyway) worked better than the OSE.
In addition, I have found the oracle version generally works far better than qemu/kvm .. ymmv of course.
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 14:05, Genes MailLists lists@sapience.com wrote:
The community (OSE) version has fewer features such as the ability to access USB etc. Since one of the reasons I run windows in a VM is to
I thought this distinction was eliminated with V4 and there´s now a single version, that is GPL, with the propietary code moved to extensions pack?.
Am I wrong? FC
On 05/30/2011 02:08 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
I thought this distinction was eliminated with V4 and there´s now a single version, that is GPL, with the propietary code moved to extensions pack?.
Am I wrong?
Interesting - thank you I was not aware of that ... I just know using the oracle provided ones work for me (haven't touched the OSE edition since version 3.x).
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 13:58, fernando@lozano.eti.br wrote:
Hi Fernando,
I'm used to not trust proprietary software vendor repos and packages
Virtualbox is Free Software, with a GPL license. "Proprietary software vendors" also applies to lots of other firms that also sponsor open source projects. You need to cool down your preconceptions.
In fact, Virtualbox got even more free under Oracle than it was under Sun... with the full product available under a GPL license and the propietary (freeware) stuff moved to the extensions package.
While in the past, Virtualbox was available under two licenses, the full was "freeware" and the OSS version lacked certain features.
It seems to me that you´ve already made your judgement, so use the repo that you please.
FC
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