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authorYuqian Yang <crupest@crupest.life>2025-01-29 23:14:31 +0800
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2025-01-29 18:57:07 +0100
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Add more info about running hurd in VirtualBox.
Many people are familiar with VirtualBox, or using OS other than GNU/Linux. VirtualBox gives them more opportunity to play with Hurd. Message-ID: <20250129151431.360-2-crupest@crupest.life>
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diff --git a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn
index b48f7ebd..cf9a5870 100644
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@@ -11,8 +11,23 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
[[!meta title="VirtualBox"]]
-<http://www.virtualbox.org/>
-
+Some people are very familiar with using VirtualBox to run virtual machines of OS
+like GNU/Linux, Windows, etc. Hurd CAN also be run with VirtualBox normally, and
+the way is very similar to running other OS with it. The main problem may be that
+Hurd may not support as many emulated hardware as others, which is also a good
+point to help us.
+
+This also provides a good opportunity for people who want to play with Hurd on
+every other OS which can run VirtualBox. You can absolutely run and develop Hurd
+without switching your current OS or running a nest Hurd in another virtual machine.
+
+If you happen to have experience on developing GNU/Linux on other OS like
+Windows, you can develop Hurd smoothly just like before. We might recommend that
+you use a FSF approved operating system to get better experience of developing
+Hurd, but if for some reason you are stuck using Windows, this won't be an
+unsolvable obstacle.
+
+You can download VirtualBox at <http://www.virtualbox.org/>.
# Installation
diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn
index ad1e4b50..3b2ea925 100644
--- a/index.mdwn
+++ b/index.mdwn
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Three of them are
* Installing a [[GNU/Hurd_distribution|hurd/running/distrib]],
* Running it [[in_Xen|microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen]] and
* Starting a Hurd [[QEMU_image|hurd/running/qemu]] or [[LiveCD|hurd/running/live_cd/]].
+* Running it with [[VirtualBox|hurd/running/virtualbox]], if you are familiar
+ with VirtualBox or using an OS which is difficult to run QEMU like Windows.
And these web pages are a living proof of the usability of the Hurd, as they
are rendered on a [[Debian_GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] system.