alfisya virtualbox-guest-additions-iso also now available on repo

That's the best news I've read in a very long time. Thanks to the maintainer! I'm glad that proprietary software doesn't keep us from distributing it.

      alfisya So no problem at all distributing it.

      There's something I'm curious about, and you might know the answer. With Solus VMs, I've never loaded the guest additions, because they handle screen resizing without them. But does it do anything to install the guest additions anyway? Are they needed to access the host's USB ports, for example, or any other of its other resources? Or do Solus VMs have everything they need without the guest additions?

        My biggest reason to install it to have synchronized clipboard between host and guest. AFAIK, usb redirect works fine without iso installed. Honestly, I don't much experience using virtualbox in linux. I usually use virtualbox on windows pc (easier to use than Hyper-V) and prefer virt-manager on linux. For me packaging the iso is actually easier than using it 😅 .

          alfisya My biggest reason to install it to have synchronized clipboard between host and guest.

          Thanks again for your response. I always enable clipboard sharing for Solus VMs in the VBox settings, but I can't remember actually needing to use that feature in a very long time. Still, there's no reason to enable it without making sure that it's supported otherwise, so I believe I'll add that step to the creation of new Solus VMs when the 4.5 ISO files are released, and thereafter.

          That way, if the occasion ever arises that I want or need to share the VM's clipboard with its host, it'll work as expected. By the way, I agree with your appraisal of Hyper-V. I used it with Server 2008 and onward for testing my client/server applications using VMs.

              WetGeek I always install iso to my guest which is my windows work machine and enable clipboard. And also enable drive sharing between guest and host. It is very helpful.

                ReillyBrogan
                Fixed indeed! I haven't been this enthusiastic about a Linux distribution since Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Solus provides the best desktop experience I ever had, I love how snappy gnome is and how responsive the team is. Thank you all!

                    plutuplutu I love how snappy gnome is

                    If you like how snappy our GNOME is, you really owe it to yourself to try our Budgie or especially our Plasma. Same great forum and team, but somewhat more exciting DEs, IMHO.

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