[GRLUG] Using Ubuntu instead of windows at work.

[L. V. Lammert]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, John Wesorick wrote:

> I use Linux at work 99% of the time, but still have a VirtualBox for
> Windows, just for the vSphere client. I don't have anything to add, but I'd
> just like to clarify a few things. I'm pretty sure VirtualBox got rid of the
> dual licensing, and is now fully open-source (GPL v2). The proprietary stuff
> (USB pass-through, some other stuff) they pushed into extensions. VirtualBox
> OSE (open-source edition) is available in the repos.
>
Two things to add:

> vboxtool provides command line control of VBox VMs, .. including
automatic startup and shutdown;

> phpVirtualBox provides the entire GUI as a web interface - something
definately NOT available in any free versionof VMWare. Permissions can be
a bit tricky, however, between the VB GUI, vboxtool, & phpVirtualBox.

[Caveat - have not looked at Xen + Orchestrate - has anyone else?]

	Lee
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