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VirtualBox 5.1.30 released

16 points by throwaway0071 9y ago

juice_bus 9y ago
VirtualBox 5.1.30 (released 2017-10-16) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: * GUI: translation updates * GUI: Fixed double mouse cursor when using mouse integration without Guest Additions, actually a Qt 5.6 bug fixed with QT 5.6.3 (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #15610) * Solaris hosts: allow increasing MTU size for host-only adapter to 9706 bytes to support jumbo frames * Linux hosts: glibc 2.26 compile fix * Windows Additions: 3D related crash fix (bugs #17082, #17092)
blowski 9y ago
Any particular reason this made it onto the HN homepage?
- cwt137 9y ago
  I guess if you can get 8 points in less than 15min on a slow news day, you will get on the homepage
- juice_bus 9y ago
  I was thinking the same thing and was even more confused when I saw the actual changelog.
- tjoff 9y ago
  It is a popular and useful tool that has a great overlap with the HN community?
  - blowski 9y ago
    Sure it is, I love it and use it every day... but seeing something like this on the HN homepage makes me think something has happened I really need to know about.
    - pmoriarty 9y ago
      That's just not how it works around here. The way it works is someone posts a link. If enough people for whatever reasons of their own decide to upvote that link, it makes it to the front page. There's never any one justification or reason why something gets voted up. Everyone has their own reasons. One person may upvote because they find it interesting, another because they like it, another because they agree with it, another because they think it's important, another because they want others to know about it, etc. It's a never-ending popularity contest. Software releases get posted here pretty regularly, and if they're popular enough or interesting enough to the segment of HN readership that happens to be online at the time they get voted up. Period. No explanations given or required.
- SteveNuts 9y ago
  Presumably because a lot of readers here use vagrant for development environments and may be interested in hearing about a particular bugfix in this release. That's why I clicked at least...
2bluesc 9y ago
I used to use VirtualBox on a Linux, but these days I've migrated to KVM/Qemu[0] + Virt-Manager[1]. It's much nicer to use native Linux virtual machine and not have to worry about kernel modules and proprietary licenses. That said, the UI polish isn't as nice or intuitive as VirtualBox. [0] https://www.linux-kvm.org/ https://www.linux-kvm.org/ [1] https://virt-manager.org/ https://virt-manager.org/
snowwindwaves 9y ago
Virtualbox is my go to on Windows. I have used VMware workstation but didn't see any advantage other than the availability of proper support for small businesses or individuals. Why do people use VMware workstation over virtualbox?
- coffee9 9y ago
  VirtualBox has a reputation of being technically poor and Oracle isn't helping.
- webwanderings 9y ago
  As far as I know, you can't share your VMs remotely on Virtual Box. You can, on VMware Workstation.
  - tjoff 9y ago
    Not sure what you mean with "share your VMs remotely". You can of course install whatever remote server you want inside the VM but aside from that you can connect to a VM directly using VRDP. But you can also manager your entire virtualbox instance using RemoteBox ( http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/about.cgi http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/about.cgi ) or from a web GUI using phpVirtualBox ( https://sourceforge.net/p/phpvirtualbox/wiki/Home/ https://sourceforge.net/p/phpvirtualbox/wiki/Home/ ). I'm sure there are other options as well.
    - scmurcott 9y ago
      The Oracle License does not allow you to share your VM's unless you are running an Enterprise license or not using the Extension Pack: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL
    - webwanderings 9y ago
      VMware Workstation is a type 2 hypervisor. You can install and share your VMs with remote users (give them console access). This functionality is free (you don't need a Workstation license) and you don't need add-ons. I have played with both of the alternate solutions you have shared. These are not perfect, unlike what VMware Workstation provides (as it has, for long period of time).

16 points by throwaway0071 9y ago

VirtualBox 5.1.30 (released 2017-10-16) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: * GUI: translation updates * GUI: Fixed double mouse cursor when using mouse integration without Guest Additions, actually a Qt 5.6 bug fixed with QT 5.6.3 (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #15610) * Solaris hosts: allow increasing MTU size for host-only adapter to 9706 bytes to support jumbo frames * Linux hosts: glibc 2.26 compile fix * Windows Additions: 3D related crash fix (bugs #17082, #17092)

blowski 9y ago

Any particular reason this made it onto the HN homepage?

cwt137 9y ago
I guess if you can get 8 points in less than 15min on a slow news day, you will get on the homepage
juice_bus 9y ago
I was thinking the same thing and was even more confused when I saw the actual changelog.
tjoff 9y ago
It is a popular and useful tool that has a great overlap with the HN community?
- blowski 9y ago
  Sure it is, I love it and use it every day... but seeing something like this on the HN homepage makes me think something has happened I really need to know about.
  - pmoriarty 9y ago
    That's just not how it works around here. The way it works is someone posts a link. If enough people for whatever reasons of their own decide to upvote that link, it makes it to the front page. There's never any one justification or reason why something gets voted up. Everyone has their own reasons. One person may upvote because they find it interesting, another because they like it, another because they agree with it, another because they think it's important, another because they want others to know about it, etc. It's a never-ending popularity contest. Software releases get posted here pretty regularly, and if they're popular enough or interesting enough to the segment of HN readership that happens to be online at the time they get voted up. Period. No explanations given or required.
SteveNuts 9y ago
Presumably because a lot of readers here use vagrant for development environments and may be interested in hearing about a particular bugfix in this release. That's why I clicked at least...

2bluesc 9y ago

I used to use VirtualBox on a Linux, but these days I've migrated to KVM/Qemu[0] + Virt-Manager[1]. It's much nicer to use native Linux virtual machine and not have to worry about kernel modules and proprietary licenses. That said, the UI polish isn't as nice or intuitive as VirtualBox. [0] https://www.linux-kvm.org/ https://www.linux-kvm.org/ [1] https://virt-manager.org/ https://virt-manager.org/

snowwindwaves 9y ago

Virtualbox is my go to on Windows. I have used VMware workstation but didn't see any advantage other than the availability of proper support for small businesses or individuals. Why do people use VMware workstation over virtualbox?

coffee9 9y ago
VirtualBox has a reputation of being technically poor and Oracle isn't helping.
webwanderings 9y ago
As far as I know, you can't share your VMs remotely on Virtual Box. You can, on VMware Workstation.
- tjoff 9y ago
  Not sure what you mean with "share your VMs remotely". You can of course install whatever remote server you want inside the VM but aside from that you can connect to a VM directly using VRDP. But you can also manager your entire virtualbox instance using RemoteBox ( http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/about.cgi http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/about.cgi ) or from a web GUI using phpVirtualBox ( https://sourceforge.net/p/phpvirtualbox/wiki/Home/ https://sourceforge.net/p/phpvirtualbox/wiki/Home/ ). I'm sure there are other options as well.
  - scmurcott 9y ago
    The Oracle License does not allow you to share your VM's unless you are running an Enterprise license or not using the Extension Pack: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL
  - webwanderings 9y ago
    VMware Workstation is a type 2 hypervisor. You can install and share your VMs with remote users (give them console access). This functionality is free (you don't need a Workstation license) and you don't need add-ons. I have played with both of the alternate solutions you have shared. These are not perfect, unlike what VMware Workstation provides (as it has, for long period of time).