[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] local install for testing

[Sharp, Chris]

Reviving an old thread here, but I wanted to mention (for the sake of those who were following the whole VirtualBox non-free vs. OSE discussion) that I have completely switched to VirtualBox OSE (in the default Ubuntu Lucid repository) and I'm not missing a thing about the free-as-in-beer version.  Thanks, Dan, for challenging my outdated assumptions!  :-)

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/

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Sharp" <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:55:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] local install for testing

> > 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 :-)
> >