Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:48:41 -0700 From: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VirtualBox? Message-ID: <200709041048.41892.matt@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <op.tx4yj7fw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <fbjmru$gnk$1@sea.gmane.org> <op.tx4yj7fw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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On Tuesday 04 September 2007 8:27 am, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:33:50 -0500, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is anyone working on porting VirtualBox? > > > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Porting_VirtualBox > > > > It mentions FreeBSD but nothing conclusive. It should be easier than > > VMWare :) > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VBox_vs_Others (see in host box) > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/FreeBSD%20build%20instructions > http://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=3Dfreebsd&wiki=3Don&changeset=3Don&tic= ket=3Don > > It looks like they are working on it. I spoke with a couple of their devs on Freenode and while they are willing = to=20 assist contributors porting to FreeBSD, they are not actively working on it= =20 themselves. Their response to my inquiry was "check out source and start=20 porting!" A few of their devs hang out in #vbox-dev on Freenode. This would be an=20 excellent port for FreeBSD. best, =2Dmatt =2D-=20 Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" =A0http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Fax: = (408)943-4101
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