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Re:​Ubuntu continues to rule the cloud by jamiesonbecker on Friday August 28, 2015 @11:47AM (#10136088)
> vbox requires you to hit some API's in order to run a vm detached

Not anymore. You can just launch the box without any GUI with one command line:

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html#vboxheadless

Re:​Ubuntu continues to rule the cloud by mreiland on Friday August 28, 2015 @01:08PM (#10136645)
That's good to know, it always seemed strange that they didn't have a simple way of doing it.