docs/170286: Out of date information in the Virtualization section of Handbook

Benjamin Washington-Yule byu17 at uclive.ac.nz
Mon Jul 30 21:40:08 UTC 2012


>Number:         170286
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Out of date information in the Virtualization section of Handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 30 21:40:08 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Benjamin Washington-Yule
>Release:        n/a
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
The information at the beginning of section 23.3 ("FreeBSD as a Host OS") is out of date with regards to VirtualBox and previously named open source edition (OSE). There is only one version now.

See https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions for details of the change.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
Corrected text.

Patch attached with submission follows:

1117c1117,1118
<       the release of &os; 7.2, Sun's
---
>       the release of &os; 7.2, the Open Source Edition
>       (<acronym>OSE</acronym>) of Sun's
1125,1131c1126,1133
<       like guests.  It is released as open source software, but with
<       closed-source components available in a separate extension pack.  
<       These components include support for USB 2.0 devices, among others.
<       More information may be found on the <quote>Downloads</quote> page
<       of the <application>&virtualbox;</application> wiki, at
<       <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"></ulink>.
<       Currently, these extensions are not available for &os;.</para>
---
>       like guests.  It comes in two flavors, an open source and a
>       proprietary edition.  From the user's point of view, perhaps the
>       most important limitation of the <acronym>OSE</acronym> is the
>       lack of USB support.  Other differences may be found in the
>       <quote>Editions</quote> page of the
>       <application>&virtualbox;</application> wiki, at
>       <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions"></ulink>.
>       Currently, only the OSE is available for &os;.</para>


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