New GPL virtualization software: Virtualbox

[imagine]

Hi,

InnoTek rereleased his virtualization software Virtualbox under the GPL today (press statement). Before, the application was not available to to endusers.
Virtualbox supports Linux and Windows both as client and host systems. OpenBSD and OS/2 are also supported as clients. It works and looks similar to VMware and although it's not quite as powerful as VMware Workstation yet, it still looks promising.

There are also Ubuntu Dapper and Edgy packages available on their website (at least as long as the site doesn't get /.ed): http://www.virtualbox.org

Edit: Sorry, the DEB-packages are only available for the commercial edition, so the GPLed version has to be built from source.

[zugu]

Moderator, please delete.

[Aetherius]

cheers for this, I'm gonna give it a spin when I get home


aeth

[darkninja]

Nice find!

This program looks very well done!

[neoflight]

does anyone has a test report on this one yet? i am eager to try it out....
just found out about virtualbox from slashdot....

[TheRingmaster]

Moderator, please delete.

he is not selling anything. he is just telling us about this new software.

[jpeddicord]

FYI: You can download the DEB packages and use them without restriction, they seem to work fine here.

And a word of warning for GNOME users: It uses Qt.

[lyceum]

FYI: You can download the DEB packages and use them without restriction, they seem to work fine here.

And a word of warning for GNOME users: It uses Qt.

I am not sure what that means, should I use KDE if I want to check this out?

[maddog39]

It wont make any difference if its made for Qt, since all KDE/Qt apps still run natively in GNOME. I'm curious if this will emulate an x86 processor, because I'm on PowerPC.

[maniacmusician]

I can't get it to open my virtual machines that already exist...I thought the standard for Virtual machines was the vmx extension? and that disks were vmdk?

When I try to add a hard drive, it insists that the extension should be .vdi or something.

I'm sure it's good software, but I don't want to set up my various VM's over again.

If someone knows how to do this, post it please.