Comments on: VirtualBox 4: First Impressions http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: jonathonp http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-9254 jonathonp Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:44:55 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-9254 I'm running Windows XP Pro in VirtualBox 4.0.4 on Fedora 14 x86_64. I did a clean install of Windows XP and have found it to be stable unlike VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.3-324285.x86_64.bundle. The NAT advanced settings where port forwarding is an option does not work however bridge mode allows successful port forwarding. Apart from this minor glitch, VirtualBox is awesome. I think it's better to create a fresh image rather than importing an image from a previous version. I know it's a lot of work but it's worth the effort. I’m running Windows XP Pro in VirtualBox 4.0.4 on Fedora 14 x86_64. I did a clean install of Windows XP and have found it to be stable unlike VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.3-324285.x86_64.bundle. The NAT advanced settings where port forwarding is an option does not work however bridge mode allows successful port forwarding. Apart from this minor glitch, VirtualBox is awesome. I think it’s better to create a fresh image rather than importing an image from a previous version. I know it’s a lot of work but it’s worth the effort.

]]> By: boltronics http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-8859 boltronics Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-8859 <p>There's a paragraph that reads:</p> <p>"The one advantage to a preview pane is that you’re able to see what’s currently happening on a VM’s console. Some"</p> <p>It looks like half of it is missing. </p> There’s a paragraph that reads:

“The one advantage to a preview pane is that you’re able to see what’s currently happening on a VM’s console. Some”

It looks like half of it is missing.

]]> By: boltronics http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-8860 boltronics Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-8860 <p>Interesting article. I'm finding my host tends to freeze randomly when running a VirtualBox 4.0.2 VM on Ubuntu 10.10. A Windows 7 guest I have also crashes quite often - something that wasn't a problem in the 3.x series.</p> <p>I also wanted to get USB2.0 working, because I kept getting a warning upon guest start-up indicating I should install the required extension. Unfortunately I did that, but I still get the warning (and presumably no USB2.0 guest support).</p> <p>Although I haven't investigated closely, I think the GPL components are included in the main VirtualBox product, and the non-free software components are broken off into an optional extension. If this is the case, I think it's a great idea - people who prefer 100% free software don't need to worry about manually compiling an unofficial build.</p> <p>VirtualBox 4.0* has taken some great new ideas, but it's far too buggy. It should have been released as an alpha or something - not a new major release. </p> Interesting article. I’m finding my host tends to freeze randomly when running a VirtualBox 4.0.2 VM on Ubuntu 10.10. A Windows 7 guest I have also crashes quite often – something that wasn’t a problem in the 3.x series.

I also wanted to get USB2.0 working, because I kept getting a warning upon guest start-up indicating I should install the required extension. Unfortunately I did that, but I still get the warning (and presumably no USB2.0 guest support).

Although I haven’t investigated closely, I think the GPL components are included in the main VirtualBox product, and the non-free software components are broken off into an optional extension. If this is the case, I think it’s a great idea – people who prefer 100% free software don’t need to worry about manually compiling an unofficial build.

VirtualBox 4.0* has taken some great new ideas, but it’s far too buggy. It should have been released as an alpha or something – not a new major release.

]]> By: oddyisback http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-8861 oddyisback Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7949/#comment-8861 <p>It looks nice, i have only use the previous version of VB because before i was using VMware. I have found out that usb2.0 working better in this version (" I have not face any kind of error in the previous or this version!"). </p> <p>Nice work from the VB developers, keep the good work! </p> It looks nice, i have only use the previous version of VB because before i was using VMware. I have found out that usb2.0 working better in this version (” I have not face any kind of error in the previous or this version!”).

Nice work from the VB developers, keep the good work!

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