VirtualBox
Oracle VM VirtualBox, formerly Sun xVM VirtualBox and innotek VirtualBox, is a family of x86 virtualization products for enterprise and home use.
| Tags | Operating Systems |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPLv2 Other |
Recent releases
- 21 Dec 2011 22:42
Release Notes: Various minor bugs were fixed.
- 04 Nov 2011 18:22
Release Notes: Various minor bugs were fixed.
- 04 Oct 2011 15:51
Release Notes: Many minor bugs were fixed.
- 16 Aug 2011 07:55
Release Notes: Several minor bugs were fixed.
- 19 Jul 2011 14:38
Release Notes: Support for cloning of VMs was implemented. The GUI was enhanced with wizards for creating new virtual disks and for copying virtual disks. The memory limit for 64-bit hosts was raised to 1TB. Experimental support for PCI passthrough for Linux hosts was added. A new network attachment mode "Generic Driver" offering an open plugin architecture was added. A new experimental WDDM graphics driver was added, supporting Windows Aero and providing Direct3D support using a cleaner approach. Experimental support for SATA hard disk hotplugging was implemented. Many minor bugs were fixed.
Recent comments
Re: License clarity
You're right. I just notice that too, but looking at Linux build instructions (www.virtualbox.org/wik..., especially if you use debian or ubuntu, it is not difficult at all to produce a binary version from the code.
Although the opensource version is a stripped down version of the proprietary licensed one, still during a short test it seems this software is pretty usable.
I'm looking forward for further development of this software.
I Love VirtualBox
VirtualBox is wonderful and a complete life-saver. I'm using it to run a Fedora Linux virtual machine on top of my Mandriva Linux (Cooker) system, and it works very well. While it is still not very feature-rich, it is still usable.
And best of all - it's free and open-source.
License clarity
Just so everyone knows, the Freshmeat page says that this program is GPL'd, but in fact that's only true for the source download listed.
The binaries are covered under a different, non-free-software (but free-of-cost) license. You can read about the details at by looking for "The VirtualBox binaries are available free of charge for personal and evaluation use. By downloading from the below links, you agree to the terms and conditions set forth by the VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL) (www.virtualbox.org/wik...; at www.virtualbox.org/wik... (www.virtualbox.org/wik....
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