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VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration

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Re: VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration

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Post by qalmakka »

Arnavion wrote: post #162
qalmakka wrote: post #137

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Docker is fine and dandy, but sometimes you just need to run an Ubuntu container that has to be persistent to run a few tests. debootstrap + systemd-nspawn -bD is amazing at that. I am also curious about why GP needs audio in Linux VMs - I did similar tricks too but with Windows VMs, in order to pass-through my microphone to shoddy Windows-only corporate chat apps, but I never had the same necessity under Linux to be…

>I am also curious about why GP needs audio in Linux VMs $dayjob requires an Ubuntu installation with certain security characteristics and certain software installed. And I'm not going to install Ubuntu or do any of those other things to my actual machines :) I also have a Docker container (well, podman container) of Ubuntu, for running closed-source applications like Discord and Steam. For that one I do indeed just…

> And I'm not going to install Ubuntu [...] to my actual machines :)

Music to my ears. Life is too short to deal with Ubuntu.

Re: VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration

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Post by hnfong »

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #64
sebastien_b wrote: post #56

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And if they find out you've been using it commercially (even just your home machine you have a non-running copy on connecting to your company's VPN network) without an existing licence, they're squeezing your balls in open court.

I looked it up, $50 per licence with a 100 licence minimum. Shame, Id pay per licence if I could, but instead I’ll probably just block their traffic and breach their licence. I doubt they can legally enforce those terms in Australia.

They might not be able to enforce shrinkwrap terms but they can definitely (threaten to) sue for copyright infringement. (Which could be a criminal charge too depending on how cozy your government is currently with the US)

(Up to you, just saying.)

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Post by benttoothpaste »

severino wrote: post #100
sebastien_b wrote: post #24

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Don’t use it. Period. ORACLE is just releasing this to dupe people into thinking they can use this for free (they can’t).

They can't? You mean Oracle can send you an invoice for using the VirtualBox GPL version your Linux distro provides for free? Never heard of that before, could you please share more details?

Presumably this was for Expansion Pack that some people install for USB compatibility.

Re: VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration

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Post by sturadnidge »

wila wrote: post #127
sturadnidge wrote: post #32

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I discovered a few days ago that VMware now offer a 'Fusion 12 Player', which is free (as in beer) albeit you have to register to get the download + key. Might be worth looking into that?

Hi Stu :) The link for that is here [0]. The only thing I would add to that is to use a private browser session. Also as a tip fill in "None" for business name, if you are using it privately - as it is a required field for some ffing reason. But yes, the free VMware Fusion Player works fine. [0] https://vmware.com/go/get-fusionplayer-key

wow - long time Wil :)

Good to see you're still knocking around these parts!

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Post by int_19h »

dotancohen wrote: post #128
qalmakka wrote: post #114

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I was a big user of dual boot and VFIO, but thanks to the advent of Proton and the recent Wine improvements (DXVK, ...) I've found myself rebooting into Windows for gaming less and less over the course of the last few years. Sure, not everything works, but basically everything single player does with just a few hiccups.

Have you considered just not playing the games that require Windows? There are _plenty_ of really great Linux games. If not, I'd love to know why. I'm not being polemic, I'm not a gamer, but simply avoiding games that don't run on Linux seems rather easy today.

There aren't that many good games released every year in general, much less for Linux specifically.

Re: VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration

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Post by wila »

sturadnidge wrote: post #174
wila wrote: post #127

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Hi Stu :) The link for that is here [0]. The only thing I would add to that is to use a private browser session. Also as a tip fill in "None" for business name, if you are using it privately - as it is a required field for some ffing reason. But yes, the free VMware Fusion Player works fine. [0] https://vmware.com/go/get-fusionplayer-key

wow - long time Wil :) Good to see you're still knocking around these parts!

hehe.. I was thinking the same.

Hope you are doing well.

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