Linux News?
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| deadrabbit May 04, 2010 5:02 PM EDT |
Why is this on LXer? It only run on a OS X host. |
| jdixon May 04, 2010 5:10 PM EDT |
> Why is this on LXer? Perhaps because it lets you run Linux in a virtual machine under OSX? Also, LXer is about open source, not just Linux, and there is an open source version of Virtualbox. |
| tracyanne May 04, 2010 5:54 PM EDT |
I coulbn't see anything that says this runs only on MacOSX. It seems to me that it will run on any OS, including Linux, which means running MacOSX in a VM on inux should be possible, something that some Linux users would find useful. |
| djohnston May 04, 2010 6:03 PM EDT |
As I understand it, Installing OSX on a VM is specifically disallowed under Apple's EULA. Having never installed OSX, I'm not sure if that is true. I don't doubt it, though. |
| tracyanne May 04, 2010 6:05 PM EDT |
@dj, I think that is correct. However that doesn't stop it from being possible. |
| techiem2 May 04, 2010 6:23 PM EDT |
Yeah. My first thought upon reading the title was "Here comes another Apple lawsuit". Followed shortly by "Why would I want to do this?" But then, I have basically no interest in OSX. hehe. |
| Scott_Ruecker May 04, 2010 7:09 PM EDT |
Quoting:LXer is about open source, not just Linux, and there is an open source version of Virtualbox That is why I posted it, I knew it was not directly related to Linux but it is FOSS news.. |
| tmx May 04, 2010 7:50 PM EDT |
Apple v. Oracle next? This should be interesting. I wonder how many companies Apple can sue. |
| gus3 May 04, 2010 9:12 PM EDT |
Good luck with that. Apple and Microsoft tried to threaten Sun Microsystems with patent stuff, and Sun sent them both packing. Now that Oracle owns Sun, it'd be mutually assured destruction if Apple tried to pull that kind of stupidity again. |
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