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On 08/20/2016 04:56 PM, Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku wrote: |
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> I am looking to create a virtual machine which I can use to test to see |
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> about my development efforts (currently with LedgerSMB) and getting |
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> appropriate ebuild files created on a base install. I currently have no |
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> virtualization software installed on the main development machine, so |
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> that is as of now, largely irrelevant, but in the future I would like to |
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> have the possibility of hosting my built boxes "in the cloud" so if |
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> there is any virtualization system which likely would make that easier |
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> (or at least not more difficult) that may be a factor. |
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> Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku |
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As many would likely tell you, it depends on what sort of development |
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you intend on doing. |
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To start, I suggest qemu and KVM. They're libre software and there's a |
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GUI frontend if you don't feel like manual configuration or shell |
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scripting. I've used it to build a completely free/libre Gentoo |
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installation, which I intend to use on a laptop in the future. |
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Our wiki has some decent pages on qemu and KVM. If the image files are |
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the correct format (I'm not sure what format cloud providers prefer), |
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they should work just fine. I would focus on using the correct image |
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format and then building what some call a stage4. I think there are more |
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tools for creating stage4s, but ultimately that's what you and I both |
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are looking at: ready-to-go Gentoo installs that come with some needed |
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software. |
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