Oracle Is Demanding Money for Vbox Extension Pack (2023)
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Oracle is demanding payment for the VirtualBox Extension Pack, prompting users to consider alternative virtualization solutions like VMware Workstation and Incus.
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Oh wait, I don't really care. I still have VBox installed with a few machines but since Workstation 17 is free, I only use that. And it is faster than VBox.
So until Broadcom decices to make people pay for WS17, that is my pick.
You still have other options. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Category:Virtualization
And if you have an old machine, put on Proxmox.
Bye bye VBOX!
Don’t give Hock Tan any ideas