[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] local install for testing

[Jim Peterson]

On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Sharp, Chris wrote:

>> 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 :-)
>> 


The biggest problem I've had with it lately is USB printing. I can get Windows XP to recognize the printer & install the drivers, but it won't print at all. The job just stays in the queue. This is with Xubuntu 8.04, 9.04 & 9.10, and XP SP3 + newer updates, using a Citizen thermal printer. 

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