Another Virtualization tool for MacOS X
The newest version of Sun’s xVM Virtualbox adds support for Apple’s OSX. The new version is dubbed Version 1.6 and was released during last week’s CommunityDays event.
This is the first open source virtualization to support the Mac, and while the support is not yet complete (you can only run OSX as a host, not a guest) it could become a real competitor to VMWare and Xen.
There are two versions, community and proprietary. Both are available as free downloads, but the latter is only free for personal use. The proprietary version also includes USB support and a Remote Display Protocol (RDP) server.
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- Published:
- Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
- Author:
- Razuna
- Category:
- SixSigns
- Tags:
- Applications, MacOS X, Open Source, Virtualization
5:29 UTC
“This is the first open source virtualization to support the Mac”
Not true. QEMU (and the derived product Q) have supported virtualization on the Mac for years. QEMU is a GPL open source project.
9:43 UTC
Thanks, did not know that.
14:18 UTC
I believe VirtualBox uses some parts of QEMU… On my Linux box it was much easier to install than VMWare and I haven’t had any issues running XP within it…