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From: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>
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Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: VirtualBox?
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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
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