[BNM] Going Mac

[Alan Newman]

Hi,

Well I like to respect licensing as far as possible....the PUEL  
version isn't really appropriate.

;-)

- Alan

On 4 Nov 2008, at 15:11, Antony Jones wrote:

> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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