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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="additions-linux">
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<title>Guest Additions for Linux</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Like the Windows Guest Additions, the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest
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Additions for Linux are a set of device drivers and system
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applications which may be installed in the guest operating
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system.
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</p>
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<p>
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The following Linux distributions are officially supported:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>
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Oracle Linux as of version 5, including UEK kernels
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Fedora as of Fedora Core 4
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux as of version 3
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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SUSE and openSUSE Linux as of version 9
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Ubuntu as of version 5.10
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Many other distributions are known to work with the Guest
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Additions.
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</p>
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<p>
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The version of the Linux kernel supplied by default in SUSE and
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openSUSE 10.2, Ubuntu 6.10 (all versions) and Ubuntu 6.06
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(server edition) contains a bug which can cause it to crash
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during startup when it is run in a virtual machine. The Guest
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Additions work in those distributions.
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</p>
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<p> Note that some Linux distributions already come with all or part of the <ph
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conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions. You may choose to keep
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the distribution's version of the Guest Additions but these are often out of date and limited
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in functionality, so we recommend replacing them with the Guest Additions that come with <ph
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conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. The <ph
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conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Linux Guest Additions installer tries to
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detect an existing installation and replace them but depending on how the distribution
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integrates the Guest Additions, this may require some manual interaction. It is highly
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recommended to take a snapshot of the virtual machine before replacing preinstalled Guest
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Additions. </p>
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</body>
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</topic>
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