virtualbox vs. virtualbox-nonfree

Fri Dec 1 18:38:09 UTC 2017

On 30 November 2017 at 18:43, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple question about something I saw in the Mint repository.
> There are two versions of virtualbox there.  One is virtualbox and the other
> is virtualbox-nonfree.  What is the difference?  The description says
> nothing about the difference.  I assume that the nonfree version is not open
> source.  Maybe it refers to a fee to use it?

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=206658

Usually the version from virtualbox.org is newer. You can add their
repository if you wish and then APT will pull it straight from the
developers.

Instructions on the download page.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

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