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I'm already using LibreOffice. Is there a fork of VirtualBox that I should be aware of too? If I actually used any databases, I'd be switching MySQL for MariaDB

I'm already using LibreOffice. Is there a fork of VirtualBox that I should be aware of too? If I actually used any databases, I'd be switching MySQL for MariaDB right now.

JoshTriplett 13y ago
There's no free fork of VirtualBox, though various Linux distributions do clean up the upstream source themselves. However, KVM has gotten quite good these days; you might give it a try.
- scott_karana 13y ago
  Unfortunately, I can't run KVM on my Windows workstation... :(
  - bskap 13y ago
    Windows 8 comes with Hyper-V.
    - astrodust 13y ago
      The nice thing about VirtualBox and VMWare is they're both cross-platform, meaning images for them will boot on different types of systems. That's what makes Vagrant (http://vagrantup.com/ http://vagrantup.com/) so flexible and useful on teams with mixed environments.
- tehwalrus 13y ago
  sadly, it looks (from the website) as if KVM is host-Linux only, and I need to run VMs inside OS X. (I know Mac OS has all sorts of proprietary VM systems like parallels and so on, but I'm a poor student to just needs to run basic Linux boxes for development purposes, not windows for games.)
jcdagostino 13y ago
Openoffice was transferred to the Apache foundation in 2011. http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-foundation-4010022593/ http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache...
mjhea0 13y ago
You could consider switching to a Paas - https://www.openshift.com/open-source https://www.openshift.com/open-source http://www.xenproject.org/ http://www.xenproject.org/ is nice too
synchronise 13y ago
You should give Apache OpenOffice a try. They've currently have an exclusive right on IBM's Lotus Symphony code, which would make a great addition to any open source office suite.
- __david__ 13y ago
  "exclusive right" and "open source" don't usually go together. What license is the Lotus Symphony code under?
  - synchronise 13y ago
    It hasn't been released yet, but once it's tightly integrated with AOO it'll be put under an Apache license.

I'm already using LibreOffice. Is there a fork of VirtualBox that I should be aware of too? If I actually used any databases, I'd be switching MySQL for MariaDB right now.

JoshTriplett 13y ago

There's no free fork of VirtualBox, though various Linux distributions do clean up the upstream source themselves. However, KVM has gotten quite good these days; you might give it a try.

scott_karana 13y ago
Unfortunately, I can't run KVM on my Windows workstation... :(
- bskap 13y ago
  Windows 8 comes with Hyper-V.
  - astrodust 13y ago
    The nice thing about VirtualBox and VMWare is they're both cross-platform, meaning images for them will boot on different types of systems. That's what makes Vagrant (http://vagrantup.com/ http://vagrantup.com/) so flexible and useful on teams with mixed environments.
tehwalrus 13y ago
sadly, it looks (from the website) as if KVM is host-Linux only, and I need to run VMs inside OS X. (I know Mac OS has all sorts of proprietary VM systems like parallels and so on, but I'm a poor student to just needs to run basic Linux boxes for development purposes, not windows for games.)

jcdagostino 13y ago

Openoffice was transferred to the Apache foundation in 2011. http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-foundation-4010022593/ http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache...

mjhea0 13y ago

You could consider switching to a Paas - https://www.openshift.com/open-source https://www.openshift.com/open-source http://www.xenproject.org/ http://www.xenproject.org/ is nice too

synchronise 13y ago

You should give Apache OpenOffice a try. They've currently have an exclusive right on IBM's Lotus Symphony code, which would make a great addition to any open source office suite.

__david__ 13y ago
"exclusive right" and "open source" don't usually go together. What license is the Lotus Symphony code under?
- synchronise 13y ago
  It hasn't been released yet, but once it's tightly integrated with AOO it'll be put under an Apache license.