[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] local install for testing

[Sharp, Chris]

> Hmm, VirtualBox OSE (open source edition) as packaged in Ubuntu 9.10
> has everything that I've needed for creating and testing Evergreen
> images. I think it's missing sound and USB drivers(?) but those seem
> pretty useless in this particular context.

It has actually been a couple of years since I used OSE - maybe I'll give it another shot.  When I tried it before, networking was a huge headache and there were some other limitations that I can't recall at the moment - I was still very much a newbie at the time :-).

Thanks for mentioning this.

Chris Sharp
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(404) 235-7147
csharp at georgialibraries.org
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/

----- "Dan Scott" <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:

> On 14 April 2010 11:16, Sharp, Chris <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> wrote:
> >> Be aware though that Virtualbox has a free beer version and a free
> >> speech version.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I prefer the free as in beer version, which provides
> a lot of the extras you'll probably want for your project, Lori.
>  Sometimes practicality forces us F/OSS end users to compromise a
> little bit :-)
>