[BNM] Going Mac

[Antony Jones]

Ah, I see.

Well - it looks like you might be on a bit of a compile-a-thon then!
Tell you what, buy VMWare, install Linux in a VM, then use 'aptitude
install virtualbox-ose' inside that VM.

TADA!

Ant

On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 15:57 +0000, Alan Newman wrote:

> 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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> www.sensibledevelopment.com - online auction development that looks  
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