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VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by orf »

Daviey wrote: post #11
orf wrote: post #6

> Added support for using Hyper-V as the fallback execution core on Windows host, to avoid inability to run VMs at the price of reduced performance Any comparisons between hyper-v and virtual box performance? I would have assumed hyper-v would be more performant.

Out of curiosity, why do you have a presumption that hyper-v would have better performance?

This may be completely wrong, but as I understand it when you enable hyper-v it sits above your Windows install, and runs your windows as a hyper-v VM. So, rather than running a userland vbox process that has OS overhead (especially around disk IO) it can run much closer to the metal.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by CrLf »

tmn007 wrote: post #3

Be careful about VirtualBox Extensions which is non free on commercial environments. Oracle is hunting non compliance and VB provides them with lots of telemetry.

If you're using virtualbox together with vagrant, you're highly unlikely to need the extension pack anyway.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by fuzzy2 »

> Major rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful application and virtual machine set-up

Anyone found out yet what that’s supposed to mean? Looks all the same to me except colors and icons and animations nobody needs.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by fuzzy2 »

porker wrote: post #9
tmn007 wrote: post #3

Be careful about VirtualBox Extensions which is non free on commercial environments. Oracle is hunting non compliance and VB provides them with lots of telemetry.

How do you license them? I've never seen a "Buy now" link, only the text about "Free for personal use" every time.

You buy Oracle VM Enterprise: https://www.oracle.com/virtualization/virtualBox/

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by juststeve »

robert_foss wrote: post #10

Avoid VirtualBox and becoming trapped in the non-free & personal use only extension by using one of the very decent open source alternatives Boxes[1] or virt-manager[2] [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Boxes [2] https://virt-manager.org/

from memory boxes has limited networking functionality though?

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by apsdsm »

jsjohnst wrote: post #16
DNT_ wrote: post #12

Is there anyone who could explain to me why virtualbox is still being developed? I don't mean that as an attack on the developers or the software but Oracle ruined pretty much all of Sun's software with VBox being one of the only two exception along with Java.

Define “ruined” to you. By my definition, oracle took something that was “ok’ish, especially when you didn’t want to pay and just had basic needs” product and have slowly chipped away anything that could be considered good for most.

↑ this sounds like a pretty good definition of ruined.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by mavhc »

porker wrote: post #9
tmn007 wrote: post #3

Be careful about VirtualBox Extensions which is non free on commercial environments. Oracle is hunting non compliance and VB provides them with lots of telemetry.

How do you license them? I've never seen a "Buy now" link, only the text about "Free for personal use" every time.

You go to the download page, see the link about the licence, click the FAQ link, and then click the store link, it's £36/user

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Post by bayindirh »

robert_foss wrote: post #10

Avoid VirtualBox and becoming trapped in the non-free & personal use only extension by using one of the very decent open source alternatives Boxes[1] or virt-manager[2] [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Boxes [2] https://virt-manager.org/

We use virt-manager to virtualize servers on servers with joy, however I use VBox to virtualize Windows hosts with hardware acceleration if possible.

How is the state of KVM's support about 3D acceleration, sound, drag'n drop and like?

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