Installing Vmware/WinXP on Kubuntu 7.10
Scott
slewin at bmts.com
Thu Nov 8 01:30:36 UTC 2007
pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Scott <slewin at bmts.com>
>> Greg Booth wrote:
>>> VirtualBox just seems to run faster and of course if you compile from
>>> source it's 100% open source.
>> If you install the provided packages from adept/synaptic you also get
>> the open source version.
>>
> True. but isn't it also true that Kubuntu will not supply packages of new versions for 7.10; you'll have to wait until 8.04 for any upgrades between now and next April. If you compile from VB's source, you can stay current.
> Paul
True, it is not a fully supported app and the version in the repo is
already outdated, but you can also say the same for any package not in
the backports :). Personally, I went and installed the newest non-open
source version from the web site. They provided a very nice Deb package.
--
Your friend,
Scott
Sent to you from a Linux computer using Kubuntu Version 7.10
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