Re: [MLUG] Linux with Windows apps

[Michael Stegeman <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

No, that's saying that the open-source version does not have USB or RDP 
support.  I'm using the closed-source version and have no had trouble 
with any of my USB devices (except for my external hard drive, but I 
haven't really tried anything special to get it to work).  My printer 
and flash drives work fine with the closed-source version, so I'm happy 
with it.

I hadn't even thought about it, but I guess Microsoft does use all that 
Genuine Advantage crap now, which does indeed check the registry and 
such.  Shame on them.

Mike



Mike Miller wrote:
> 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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