On 04/06/2018 06:03 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > On 04/04/18 13:21, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: >> I have been using VirtualBox for a long while. Looking at what rpms >> are available I see: >> >> $ dnf list '*VirtualBox*' >> Last metadata expiration check: 19 days, 23:03:27 ago on Thu Mar 15 >> 14:29:34 2018. >> Installed Packages >> VirtualBox-5.2.x86_64 >> 5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1 @virtualbox >> Available Packages >> VirtualBox.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> VirtualBox-5.1.x86_64 >> 5.1.34_121010_fedora26-1 virtualbox >> VirtualBox-devel.i686 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> VirtualBox-devel.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> VirtualBox-guest-additions.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> VirtualBox-kmodsrc.x86_64 >> 5.1.22-1.fc26 rpmfusion-free >> VirtualBox-kmodsrc.noarch >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> VirtualBox-server.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> VirtualBox-webservice.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> akmod-VirtualBox.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> kmod-VirtualBox.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> python-VirtualBox.x86_64 >> 5.2.6-2.fc26 rpmfusion-free-updates >> >> Which repo [virtualbox (Oracle) or rpmfusion] should one use? >> Is Oracle simply a more up-to-date repo? Does rpmfusion packages >> actually fetch >> the Oracle rpm, or is rpmfusion a separate, full build? >> >> The size difference is significant: >> rpmfusion VirtualBox-5.2.8-2.fc26.x86_64.rpm 8.1MB >> virtualbox >> VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 69 MB >> >> If the two are different: if I change to use the rpmfusion repo, will >> the VMs be compatible? >> >> TIA > > Anyone? Should be an easy question for someone who knows?
I use the one from VirtualBox rather than rpmfusion. The VMs themselves are transferrable. -- -- Steve _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
