Re: [MLUG] Linux with Windows apps

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Michael Stegeman wrote:

> I'm currently using the closed-source version of VirtualBox, simply 
> because the open-source version does not work with USB devices as is. 
> If that's not a big issue for you, then I'd say go ahead with the GPL 
> version.

In the "Proprietary version vs. free and open source edition" section of 
the Wikipedia entry for VirtualBox, I see this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualbox#Proprietary_version_vs._free_and_open_source_edition

So that means that USB devices will not work in Windows under VirtualBox. 
I thought at first reading that it only meant that the USB was not 
available remotely.  That probably will be important for me because we may 
be doing some things with a USB barcode label printer.


> As for the Microshaft comment... That sounds like something they'd do. 
> Always trying to find a way to con you into buying their software.  I'm 
> sure the Linux community will find a way around it though. :-)

Maybe -- it's reading the registry information.  I read about it here in 
the "Microsoft and Wine" section of this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29#Microsoft_and_Wine

Mike

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