by BigBomber » 24. Apr 2020, 03:54
I have not read every post in this thread. However, I have read many and find two common themes: 1) Multiple people all reporting essentailly the same issue, and 2) someone or more replying that the problem is not repeatable, and, to me blaming the use for the problem.
I reported the same problem on two separate Apple products -- an iMac and MacBook Pro. No solution from the forum monitors or those who did find a fix or at least something to help make the problem marginally acceptiable. I tried several recommendations to no avail. My last straw was a moderator essentially saying to bad, so sad, sucks to be you, we cannot duplicate the problem.
Well, I would gladly use VirtualBox but when VirtualBox turns it back on its end users, I chose to go elsewhere to find vm software that works even though it will cost me money. Sorry I have to say goodbye VirtualBox. I enjoyed using the product for years, but when you turn your back on your customers, it is time for me to say goodbye.
P.S. The other straw breaking the proverbial camel's back is the lack of support for Linux guests:
Linux Favor Supported Version Current Desktop Version
Ubunttu 6.10 20.04
Debian 8 10
SUSE 9/10.0 Leap OpenSUSE 15.1
Mandrake 10.1 10.1
However, it appears Mandrake is now Mandriva and that is not listed on VirtualBox site. Current Mandriva version is 4.1. Assuming this means Mandrake/Mandriva is for major releases behind.
Fedora 7-23 13
Oracle 8 8
RHEL 7 8.1
Red Hat Linux 9 9 (believe this is correct--may not be)
Xandros 4 4.1 from DistroWatch. Date 2006-11-28. Probably discontinued.
ArchLinux No version listed. Last DistroWatch info is 2012. ArchLinux site didn't help me locate current version.
Appears to still be developed. Note from ArchLinux website follows:
The Future of the Arch Linux Project Leader
2020-02-24
Hello everyone,
Some of you may know me from the days when I was much more involved in Arch, but most of you probably just know me as a name on the website. I’ve been with Arch for some time, taking the leadership of this beast over from Judd back in 2007. But, as these things often go, my involvement has slid down to minimal levels over time. It’s high time that changes.
Arch Linux needs involved leadership to make hard decisions and direct the project where it needs to go. And I am not in a position to do …
Bottom line is seems VirtualBox cannont keep pace with mainstream Linux bistro releases. I am being critical? Yes and no. Yes in that current versions are not supported, and in some, or many cases, supported versions are no longer available and not supported by the developer. The answer is also "No" since I have no insight into how difficult the tasks to test and verify a Linux distro are to ensure compatiblity with VirtualBox. So lets just call it an observation.