Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie,

Date	2026-02-26 20:34 -0500
Subject	Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie,
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On 2/26/26 08:03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 26/02/2026 12:32, Anssi Saari wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> And that is the problem with Debian and non-free software. Debian does
>>> not include a 'certified working' copy in its distro.
>>
>> Except for unstable (Sid). And looks like there's a fast track repo now
>> by Debian too where a VirtualBox package can also be installed from.
>>
> Ok, that is worth knowing

   Note : on the Oracle site there's a clearly
   labeled Trixie version.

   But it didn't work ... at least not 10 days ago.

   As said, Trixie is very young, so it may be a little
   while before everything is brought over and tuned.
   I'll use VBox with Manjaro for now, check back
   with Trixie in a few months.

>> BTW, the Virtualbox situation in Debian isn't about freedom, it's about
>> Oracle's unwillingness to provide security updates for Virtualbox and
>> Debian's insistence on same. As Debian Stable doesn't accept new
>> versions, Virtualbox can't be in it and so we end up with these
>> workarounds.
> 
> Right, thanks for clarification.
> 
> But in essence the problem remains incompatibility between Oracle and 
> Debian's policy. Both of which are understandable.

   It is 'policy' ... or just not getting everything tweaked-in
   yet for a new distro ?

   Lots of people use VBox, lots of people use KVM. The 'policy'
   is probably to try and make EVERYBODY happy - they're just
   not there yet.

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Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-25 12:13 +0000
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-25 18:12 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-26 07:48 +0100
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 02:25 -0500
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 08:38 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-26 21:32 +0100
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 11:40 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-26 14:32 +0200
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 13:03 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 20:34 -0500
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-27 08:22 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:55 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:44 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:01 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-27 18:02 +0200
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:18 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-27 19:39 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:19 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-27 21:44 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:51 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 01:54 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:52 +0100
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-25 19:59 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 02:20 -0500
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:41 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 23:16 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:05 +0100
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:03 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-27 19:22 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:21 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 01:30 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:58 +0100
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 20:03 -0500
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 06:04 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-03 03:41 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-02 23:29 -0500
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 08:42 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 04:00 -0500
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 19:33 +0000
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 19:34 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 03:38 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 23:18 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-04 08:44 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-04 09:51 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-03-04 15:32 -0500
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 20:57 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-03-03 10:52 +0100
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 11:04 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-03-03 16:29 +0100
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 16:37 +0000
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 20:00 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 20:11 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 03:42 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 23:20 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-04 02:14 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 19:47 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-05 03:10 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-04 23:08 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-05 03:00 -0500
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