[PLUG] Virtualbox Better Than Qemu-KVM for USB Devices?

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Thu May 10 19:59:04 UTC 2012


On Thu, 10 May 2012, Scott Garman wrote:

> It is still the case. And yes, I use VirtualBox with a Windows guest to
> access a Garmin Edge 305, so I can attest that it works. It is often
> helpful to create a USB "filter" based on the device ID to make sure
> VirtualBox grabs the device when you plug it in.

Scott,

   I see that virtualbox is owned by Oracle. I can download and use their
closed source version as long as it does the job; after all, the guest OS is
the ultimate closed source. :-)

   Thanks for the affirmation.

Rich




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