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VirtualBox beta runs Mac OS X

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A new beta build of VirtualBox, ... free x86 virtualization software, makes it possible to run Mac OS X as a guest operating system…no shenanigans or flaming hoops to jump through, just pop in the $30 retail Snow Leopard upgrade disc and go.

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Comments (9)

deadrabbit ·
Why is this on LXer? It only run on a OS X host.
jdixon ·
> 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 ·
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 ·
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 ·
@dj, I think that is correct. However that doesn't stop it from being possible.
techiem2 ·
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 ·
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 ·
Apple v. Oracle next? This should be interesting.

I wonder how many companies Apple can sue.
gus3 ·
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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