virtualbox or virtualbox ose

[manuleka]

i'm just wondering if anyone can tell me what's the major difference between the two closed and open source virtualbox editions (other than one being open source)

i have been using virualbox on Fedora 10 and now freshly starting with Fed 11... i want to know what are the advantages of using one over the other?

i looked up on package installer (software add/remove) and there seems to be only virtualbox-ose readily available for adding... it comes with akmod-virtualbox-ose and other stuff...

does the akmod-virtualbox work like akmod-nvidia? one-off installation?

[stefan1975]

virtualbox-ose does not allow you to use usb devices (ipods, usb-sticks, drives, etc.) whereas the non-ose edition does. you can use 'autoten' to install the non-ose edition easily.

[axet]

-ose version do not have virtualbox additions package

[sideways]

-ose version is not worth installing (in general)

[axet]

Originally Posted by sideways

-ose version is not worth installing (in general)

fedora already has it.

[axet@axet-laptop ~]$ yum search virtualbox
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
============================= Matched: virtualbox ==============================
VirtualBox.i586 : Powerful PC virtualization solution
VirtualBox-OSE.i586 : A general-purpose full virtualizer for PC hardware
VirtualBox-OSE-devel.i586 : VirtualBox-OSE SDK
VirtualBox-OSE-guest.i586 : VirtualBox-OSE Guest Additions
VirtualBox-OSE-kmodsrc.i586 : VirtualBox-OSE kernel module source code
akmod-VirtualBox-OSE.i586 : Akmod package for VirtualBox-OSE kernel module(s)
akmod-VirtualBox-OSE.i686 : Akmod package for VirtualBox-OSE kernel module(s)
kBuild.i586 : A cross-platform build environment
kmod-VirtualBox-OSE.i586 : Metapackage which tracks in VirtualBox-OSE kernel
: module for newest kernel
kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.i586 : VirtualBox-OSE kernel
...: module(s) for 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586
kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE.i686 : VirtualBox-OSE kernel
...: module(s) for 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE
kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-PAE.i686 : Metapackage which tracks in VirtualBox-OSE kernel
: module for newest kernel-PAE
xorg-x11-drv-VirtualBox-OSE.i586 : X.org X11 VirtualBox-OSE video and mouse
: driver
[axet@axet-laptop ~]$

[sideways]

yeah, I suppose i should have said, virtualbox-ose is supported by fedora package maintainers, but you may as well go to

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

and get the fedora rpm. Recompiling the kernel module manually is hardly rocket science. (/etc/init.d/vboxdrv -setup)

[scottro]

One quick note, and probably safe to ignore--I found that on my lower end hardware, the rpm from Virtualbox.org didn't work that well--the virtual machines would freeze, not install at all, etc.

I think it was some oddball problem. At any rate, I very easily fixed it by uninstalling and downloading their all distro download, and running that.

Just mentioning it in case you do have issues with their rpm--on the other hand, when I posted about it, only one other person in these entire forums had an issue even remotely resembling t, so you can probably ignore this post.

[stefan1975]

Originally Posted by sideways

yeah, I suppose i should have said, virtualbox-ose is supported by fedora package maintainers, but you may as well go to

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

and get the fedora rpm. Recompiling the kernel module manually is hardly rocket science. (/etc/init.d/vboxdrv -setup)

it is also really convenient to just grab it from dangermouse's autoten app, it installs VB-non-ose automagically.....

[manuleka]

thanks guys really appreciate the help... i'll go with the non-ose version