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Originally posted by michael-vb View PostI realise that IOMMU is still work in progress and that USB is not always problem-less (USB devices tend to be finicky creatures, just ask some of the people writing drivers for device classes!).
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Strange. I am using VirtualBox moderatly often for 3 years now, and I'm always working on bleding edge kernel versions. I had never, ever had crash because of VirtualBox. Hover I had reported lots of problems with kernel itself (about 30 genuine new bugs), and it was always problem in kernel, not vboxdrv. So, now what, if I have loaded vboxdrv, developers will reject my bug reports automatically (even If I do nothing with virtualbox or guest system, beside loading module itself)? This is some bullshit.
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Originally posted by baryluk View PostStrange. I am using VirtualBox moderatly often for 3 years now, and I'm always working on bleding edge kernel versions. I had never, ever had crash because of VirtualBox. Hover I had reported lots of problems with kernel itself (about 30 genuine new bugs), and it was always problem in kernel, not vboxdrv. So, now what, if I have loaded vboxdrv, developers will reject my bug reports automatically (even If I do nothing with virtualbox or guest system, beside loading module itself)? This is some bullshit.
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The guest additions have been a big no-no in Linux for about a year or so. Virtualbox-ose works well for me, and the Windows guest additions work well, but I don't even waste my time on the Linux guest additions anymore.
Having said that, I still prefer Virtualbox to VMWare, unless you intend to use some of VMWare's more exotic features. Some of VMWare's tools are unbelievably buggy, like vCenter Converter, which has the feel of something that was developed in one day by one person, with no regard for making it polished.
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I've been using vbox on Ubuntu for those occasions I need a windows xp machine. I probably would not trust it in a production environment, but as a handy work around tool for a desktop user it serves well. I do use the non-free windows guest tools and they work fine.
I do hope development continues and quality improves, because as a user it's always nice to have more choices and less lock in.Last edited by tweak42; 11 October 2011, 08:04 PM.
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