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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="additions-linux">
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| 4 | <title>Guest Additions for Linux</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | Like the Windows Guest Additions, the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest
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| 9 | Additions for Linux are a set of device drivers and system
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| 10 | applications which may be installed in the guest operating
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| 11 | system.
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| 12 | </p>
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| 13 | <p>
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| 14 | The following Linux distributions are officially supported:
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| 15 | </p>
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| 16 | <ul>
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| 17 | <li>
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| 18 | <p>
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| 19 | Oracle Linux as of version 5, including UEK kernels
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| 20 | </p>
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| 21 | </li>
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| 22 | <li>
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| 23 | <p>
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| 24 | Fedora as of Fedora Core 4
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| 25 | </p>
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| 26 | </li>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p>
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| 29 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux as of version 3
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| 30 | </p>
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| 31 | </li>
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| 32 | <li>
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| 33 | <p>
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| 34 | SUSE and openSUSE Linux as of version 9
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| 35 | </p>
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| 36 | </li>
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| 37 | <li>
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| 38 | <p>
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| 39 | Ubuntu as of version 5.10
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| 40 | </p>
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| 41 | </li>
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| 42 | </ul>
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| 43 | <p>
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| 44 | Many other distributions are known to work with the Guest
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| 45 | Additions.
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| 46 | </p>
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| 47 | <p>
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| 48 | The version of the Linux kernel supplied by default in SUSE and
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| 49 | openSUSE 10.2, Ubuntu 6.10 (all versions) and Ubuntu 6.06
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| 50 | (server edition) contains a bug which can cause it to crash
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| 51 | during startup when it is run in a virtual machine. The Guest
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| 52 | Additions work in those distributions.
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| 53 | </p>
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| 54 | <p>
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| 55 | Note that some Linux distributions already come with all or part
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| 56 | of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions. You may choose to keep
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| 57 | the distribution's version of the Guest Additions but these are
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| 58 | often not up to date and limited in functionality, so we
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| 59 | recommend replacing them with the Guest Additions that come with
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| 60 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. The <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Linux Guest Additions
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| 61 | installer tries to detect an existing installation and replace
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| 62 | them but depending on how the distribution integrates the Guest
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| 63 | Additions, this may require some manual interaction. It is
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| 64 | highly recommended to take a snapshot of the virtual machine
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| 65 | before replacing preinstalled Guest Additions.
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| 66 | </p>
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| 67 | </body>
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| 68 | </topic>
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