Thanks for the information.
This VM seems to be very good. I also did not test it, but looked at the screenshots: VirtualBox supports multiple snapshots and the closed-source version, which is also available at no price for personal use, also supports USB devices. You can connect to virtual machines over RDP and the virtual USB ports will also be available through RDP. The closed-source version also has some unique features like mounting iSCSI targets as virtual disks. AFAIK no other Workstation virtualization product supports this at the moment.
In my opinion, we should support VirtualBox as a new testing platform for ReactOS, since it contains more features than QEMU and is open-source unlike VMware. It would also be easier to use for new users, who did not run a PC emulator before.
Regards,
Colin
-----Original Message----- From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Klemens Friedl Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:30 PM To: ReactOS Development List Subject: [ros-dev] Yet another VM
I read in the news that a new virtual machine software got released under GNU GPL v.2 (dual license) today (2007-01-15). It's called VirtualBox (VirtualBox.org) and is partly based on qemu code. On of the advantages are that it support Intel's VT (vanderpool), run as GUI app on Win and Unix and support WinNT 6 without glitches (as heise.de says).
News entry and review (both in german): http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/83680 http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/83678
Heise.de said it is ready to compete with the latest versions of VMware, Parallels and VirtualPC. If that statement is based on facts or not and if it is a good reliable tool; I don't know as I have not tested it myself, as I am busy right now. I just posted it here, as it might be useful for someone.
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