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demisen

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Registered: 2008-12-31

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[VirtualBox] - OSE vs Bin

Hi all,

I'm trying to choose right VirtualBox version. I have been working with OSE version a long time, and this version was suitable for me all the time.

But now I have found the virtualbox-ose 2.0.4 version and the virtualbox_bin 2.10 version.  Why  OSE version is older then BIN version?

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: [VirtualBox] - OSE vs Bin

because hasn't been updated. personally i use virtualbox_bin because i don't need to wait to virtualbox-modules to be updated when a new kernel arrives. i simply type vbox_build_module.

Last edited by wonder (2008-12-31 09:36:49)

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R00KIE

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Re: [VirtualBox] - OSE vs Bin

+1 for the bin version.
Besides you get all the features, like usb in the virtual machines and a few more things.

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Dieter@be

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-05

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Re: [VirtualBox] - OSE vs Bin

Yeah it sucks a bit that the OSE is outdated, especially because it depends on kernel <2.6.28. eg you can't update your kernel
I tried to compile it myself with ABS but failed...  It's probably not as easy as it looks to update this package.

Fwiw , page is here http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11508

I think I'll wait a bit longer and see if I can help Geoffrey.  I don't like closed source stuff.

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