Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-26 Thread calmstorm
"One problem with VirtualBox is that only a proprietary compiler, Open Watcom, can compile the code of its BIOS" One word: Frightening!

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-23 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
Em 23 de abril de 2019 07:13:57 BRT, Narcis Garcia escreveu: >It's libvirt that uses Qemu and other virtualization software (KVM, >XEN, >OpenVZ, LXC, VirtualBox). Oh, I see... Thanks for the clarification. -- - Página com formas de contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-23 Thread Narcis Garcia
It's libvirt that uses Qemu and other virtualization software (KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, VirtualBox). El 23/4/19 a les 11:58, Adonay Felipe Nogueira ha escrit: > If I'm not mistaken, QEMU uses libvirt.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-23 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
Em 17 de abril de 2019 03:27:09 BRT, ma...@masonhock.com escreveu: >There are two issues here: freedom and security. If you stop using a >non-free program and remove it, and it no longer has any influence on >your life, then freedom-wise everything should be fine. However, >depending on the

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-23 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
Em 18 de abril de 2019 13:25:34 BRT, kerda...@disroot.org escreveu: >Isn't there a VirtualBox alternative to use on Trisquel (libvirt)? I If I'm not mistaken, QEMU uses libvirt. I use QEMU and, at least the one that can be installed on Trisquel using Guix package manager, it supports reading

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-18 Thread andyprough
I've used Gnome Boxes on Trisquel. Worked quite well if you want a virtual manager with a GUI.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-18 Thread kerdadit
Isn't there a VirtualBox alternative to use on Trisquel (libvirt)? I remember reading about it here when I was trying to set up Vagrant on Trisquel. I eventually gave up though, it seemed a little complicated to me at the time. I would like to explore this again myself.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-17 Thread Narcis Garcia
Proprietary software can modify FOSS applications preferences: Imagine its documentation is in HTML format or online, and that software needs relaxed privacy settings for your browser. It could make you modify these security/privacy preferences and, once proprietary software is removed, these

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-17 Thread mason
> I thought there was something blocking non-free softwares, but it's silly > because it's a restriction of freedom too. It might not be as easy or convenient to install non-free software on Trisquel compared to other distros, and our documentation and community don't support non-free software,

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-17 Thread paulpatrick2009
thanks to both of you I thought there was something blocking non-free softwares, but it's silly because it's a restriction of freedom too. If I remove those software aftwards, would my OS be free again or should I reinstall the os because some thirdpart applications corrupt it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-16 Thread xliang9550
VirtualBox is in the "contrib" repository of Debian, and the "multiverse" repository of Ubuntu. This implies that there may be minor freedom issue with VirtualBox.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-16 Thread julesverne
I don't see why you couldn't... It just isn't in the repositories, but there are a fistful of ways to install any software in Gnu/Linux distributions.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-16 Thread paulpatrick2009
I need JavaFX too and it seems mainly proprietary

[Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-16 Thread paulpatrick2009
Good evening, My question is the following : Is it possible to install and run VirtualBox and Eclipse on Trisquel OS. I am studying in computer science and I absolutly need those softwares thanks