Comments on: How To: Run Microsoft Outlook “Natively” On Linux Using VirtualBox

By: Ryan W

Ryan W — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:55:38 +0000

So I just got stuck on step 6
sudo VBoxAddIF vbox0 wayne br0

I received an error stating “VBox AddIF: command not found”

I am a beginner and am unfortunately simply plug and chugging right now.

Is this step actually needed by any chance. I thought I read somewhere that the problem with this command in VirtualBox 2x and lower has been fixed or something…

Any ideas or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

By: Arch Linux Archer

Arch Linux Archer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:32:47 +0000

meh, VMware all the way, supports directx, has UNITY to run seamlessly. Also has free versions. But, workstation is well WORTH the money. I’ve used all the VBoxen software and keep coming back to VMware. All for OSS, but if your looking for the best solution with the most features and stable as hell for corporate or home based use, you just got it…

By: bob

bob — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:26:38 +0000

That is so cool. I am very impressed with it, I now have my windows start bar at the top of the screen and kubuntu at the bottom.

By: Eyal

Eyal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:23:22 +0000

i’m using fedora 8,
and i can’t find when and how i should update the network interfaces file with the following lines..

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports eth0

By: skids

skids — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:59:41 +0000

Hey dummy. You’re not running Outlook natively. You’re running it on Windows which in order to do you need a licensed copy of Windows. You’re just another Linsucker spreading lies and bullshit.

By: sheithead

sheithead — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:07:59 +0000

I’ve found that the whole bridging thing tends to mess up my entire network settings. I would stick with using NAT instead. At the outlook setup stage, even though I’m not able to ping the exchange server, as long as I entered it correctly as exchangeservercomputername.domainname.com, outlook 2003 will connect successfully. If you’re running firestarter, remember to enable outbound and inbound connections for the exchange server.

By: David Dreggors

David Dreggors — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:59:58 +0000

I get that shtaffa, just making the point that the title is a bit confusing for someone looking for a true “native” application to connect to exchange.

Not so much splitting hairs, as pointing out facts that are quite large AND relevant. There is a difference.

For instance, using VirtualBox or VMWare for that matter is not easy to run on a Desktop running 1 CPU, 20G HD, and 512 RAM. However running a “native” application can be done easily under these constraints.

If that is splitting hairs then one might say that it is also splitting hairs when another says that the ocean is not the same as a river.

By: shtaffa

shtaffa — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:21:42 +0000

The hairs, you’re splitting them.

I would bet the author of this article already acknowledges that fact that Outlook is not running natively on the Linux platform. That is way the word natively is encapsulated in quotes.

There’s also the small matter of the paragraph that reads:
“When I use the term “natively,” I mean fully integrated into the desktop enviroment, NOT an actual native binary Outlook client. Outlook itself runs in a Virtual Machine, but it acts like a pseudo-native application.”

By: David Dreggors

David Dreggors — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:35:19 +0000

“How To: Run Microsoft Outlook “Natively” On Linux Using VirtualBox”

Native (natively – adv.):
Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.

Virtualize (virtualization – n.):
Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources.

What I would take from that statement is that this will run as a linux executable WITHOUT the need of a virtualization (emulated) lair.

I would agree with sikanrong, this is NOT native, it is emulated.

By: sikanrong

sikanrong — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:54:32 +0000

yeah – I’d be re-checking that whole “natively” thing – there’s a pretty big gap there as a techie. Just saying..