Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: John-Paul Stewart Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:16:54 -0500 Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <10n59lv$2vl2m$2@dont-email.me> <10n6k7r$3ce18$1@dont-email.me> <2ZIlR.27736$N1Q8.448@fx41.iad> <10n8oli$3uu6$2@dont-email.me> <8xKdnU2aRfV-yQT0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10nc7jp$17ccd$2@dont-email.me> <9qadnaJBlKQLUgf0nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> <10nh7go$2rr7u$1@dont-email.me> <1qGcnWBIusQYqwD0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7qc2Fahw+zPy3DI9rvEk3AeHUjuADnVFtv3pbwqyaEJaLHGF0o Cancel-Lock: sha1:4+GreiOU1s0+H0NReKEnq5AUUt0= sha256:mrtXtYleVkAXTZm9DHWxOwtqjF/5Ilku8tvLIQB/jwI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: <1qGcnWBIusQYqwD0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82227 On 2026-02-24 12:26 a.m., c186282 wrote: > >   So ... I don't want Linux/Deb know-betters to >   lock me into KVM. Linux was supposed to be >   about 'freedom' after all  :-) You're not locked in at all. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from running VirtualBox on Debian. It's not part of the main stable repositories for support reasons. You can get packages from other sources, either within the Debian project or directly from Oracle. (Your choice.) Read the Debian wiki page about VirtualBox instead of spreading this nonsense: https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox