Am Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:08:27 +0200 schrieb Bruno Friedmann <bruno@ioda-net.ch>:
On 08/31/2011 08:28 AM, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
Am Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:50:54 -0500 schrieb Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>:
Why is there so much work needed for VMware? VirtualBox's kernel module is already patched for kernel 3.1 in their latest release (4.1.2). All one needs is 'make' and 'sudo make install'.
But kernel hackers consider VirtualBox "bad" while considering VMware "good". I never quite understood why. The code is probably equally crap and VBox is at least GPL (which VMware is not, IIRC).
Saying vbox is gpl is just overlooked, only the base is
But I never needed anything but the base.
extract from oracle website The base package consists of all open-source components and is licensed under the GNU General Public License V2. -> So this one yes
Additional extension packs can be downloaded which extend the functionality of the VirtualBox base package. Currently, Oracle provides the one extension pack, which can be found at http://www.virtualbox.org and provides the following added functionality:
The virtual USB 2.0 (EHCI) device; see the section called “USB settings”. VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) support; see the section called “Remote display (VRDP support)”. Intel PXE boot ROM with support for the E1000 network card. Experimental support for PCI passthrough on Linux hosts; see the section called “PCI passthrough”.
Which I never had a need to use. But I have to admit that I run vbox on a windows host with openSUSE as a guest OS on my managed (by customer's IT) laptop. And for that (linux on Windows host), vbox beats vmware for almost every aspect. And it uses the same virtio drivers like every other virtualization does nowadays. The guest drivers (also GPL) are only needed for the shared folder thing, wich is useful but not essential.
-> those nobody knows :D For me I've several times look at VB as alternative, to VMWare for example. But the licence never convince me, VMWare is proprio and work well with older kernel/distribution
I prefer GPL versus proprietary, especially if the GPL software works better.
kvm and it's libvirtd companion propose a clear stack about the licence.
*If* you have a linux host and a VT capable processor. -- Stefan Seyfried "Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org