[BNM] Going Mac

[Antony Jones]

My apologies - I just realised that you want the OSE version
_specifically_ - Any reason for wanting it? the PUEL one works better
with USB...

On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 14:52 +0000, Alan Newman wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I doubt it's any different on a Mac to be honest...but the point is, I  
> would have to look it up and work it out....it would probably involve  
> MAKE and all sorts of bits and pieces. It's not worth it for 60  
> quid...I just want it *to work*.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> - Alan
> 
> 
> 
> On 4 Nov 2008, at 13:01, Antony Jones wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> >
> >>> After looking at Virtual Box and the licensing - and I may be
> >
> >> completely wrong here - but it seems that Virtual Box is a hassle to
> >> instal.
> >
> >
> > What gives you that impression?
> >
> > I go to their site, download the .deb file for the Closed Source
> > version, and it installs.
> > If I want the open source version I type "aptitude install
> > virtualbox-ose" into my console and wait 15 seconds or so for it to
> > download and install.
> >
> > If it's more difficult on Mac then hey, what can I say. You should use
> > something easy like Linux ;)
> >
> > Ant
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 12:43 +0000, Alan Newman wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Well, I've been wondering this myself...
> >>
> >> After looking at Virtual Box and the licensing - and I may be
> >> completely wrong here - but it seems that Virtual Box is a hassle to
> >> instal. It appears that the binaries only shipped under their  
> >> Personal
> >> Use and Evaluation Licence, where as the source is released under
> >> their Open Source License.
> >>
> >> It strikes me that is is just easier to go and buy Parallels and be
> >> done with it...
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> - Alan
> >>
> >> On 30 Oct 2008, at 12:09, AndrewGill73 at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm wondering why anyone would pay for Parallels when Virtualbox is
> >>> free and
> >>> does the same job ? - can anyone enlighten me ?? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
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> www.sensibledevelopment.com - online auction development that looks  
> good and works in real time.
> www.alannewman.com - find out what I am thinking
> 
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> email: 	alan at sensibledevelopment.com
> land: 		+44 (0)1273 621110
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