Virtualization for Beginner

[Andre Robatino]

 > VirtualBox-OSE (the Open-Source-Edition) is in RPM Fusion Free 
Updates > Testing for F10 since yesterday(¹). It'll get moved to the
 > proper updates directory sooner or later.

 > CU
 > knurd


 > (¹) Note that the RPM Fusion updates-testing repos depend on
 > the updates-testing repo from Fedora. IOW: the kmods are build 
against > the 2.6.29 kernel in Fedora's updates-testing repo.

The version currently in RPM Fusion's updates-testing is 2.1.4, while 
the latest closed-source version is 2.2.2.  Is it necessary to do 
anything to convert the contents of one's ~/.VirtualBox directory to 
work with the lower-numbered version?  (As I recall, the update to 2.2.0 
required a file format conversion.)  Or can one just remove the 
closed-source package, install the open-source one, and have everything 
just work?

Also, for people who need the closed-source features such as guest 
access to USB devices, is it possible for the closed-source version to 
be in the nonfree repo?

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