OpenEuphoria

Re: Source changes

• Posted by Jules <jdavy at ds?.pipex.com> Jul 07, 2007
• 596 views

Gary Shingles wrote:
> 
> Matt Lewis wrote:
> > 
> > The theory is that coLinux is faster, but I've had better luck with vmware.
> > Plus, you don't have to install anything extra to get a good GUI with
> > vmware.
> > Getting x working with coLinux is a bit of a hassle.  I used a the cygwin
> > x client, and it was also really slow.  VNC or something else may work a lot
> > better.
> 
> Yep, I wouldn't bother with X on coLinux and then only with the vnc server at
> a minimal resolution.
> 
> >I've had a lot of success with NX Machine for doing remote linux
> > sessions, but I never tried it with coLinux.
> 
> I'd never heard of it.  It looks interesting, a bit like Remote Desktop?  It
> also looks like it costs
> real money   I see there is a FreeNX movement,
> so I'll look that up.
> 
> I just use coLinux for adding another server to a windows server or 2000/XP
> machine
> where you can run it (or two) as a service to do very basic stuff like
> mail/smb/mysql
> etc. and save a few hundred $$$ (and space on a rack) on another box.  I
> very rarely use a GUI on Linux now; Windows does it so much better ;) 
> Although I did
> set someone up at work once with an old iMac running powerpc Linux/Ubuntu/Open
> Office
> etc and that actually worked out quite well.  What Gnome lacks in
> userfriendliness it
> more than makes up for in games and screensavers 
> 
> > YMMV
> 
> As always 
> 
> If someone had VMWare they could set up a minimal development environment for
> Linux Euphoria with SVN all set up and then export the appliance couldn't
> they?
> 
> Gary


I can't comment on vmware but you should give virtualbox a try. I only
discovered it yesterday and thought I'd try installing XP on my Ubuntu laptop.

Wow! this is very slick and amazingly easy to set up. One-click install, a
couple of minutes to set up the virtual machine (I allocated half of my 512Mb of
RAM) using the wizards, pop in the CD, and 40 minutes later I had a fully
functioning XP system running. Very impressive.

http://www.virtualbox.org