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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

What ever you happens, do not use this for commercial purposes. Virtual box is free and libre but the guest addons are not. They will find and bill you for every single person in your company. Not per active user but per employee. This has cost companies millions

Under Linux you can just use KVM. Gnome boxes or virtual manager should work fine.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use the version of VirtualBox that has been modified to use KVM as the back-end. Do you know if it has the same problems?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hard to say. Just be mindful of blindly clicking "accept"

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I do not believe I have had to accept anything. I am installing it from the AUR and it builds from source. Pretty sure it just went straight into the UI the first time I launched it ( without a EULA ).

I will have to look into it. Thank you for the answer through.

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