View source for Emulating the XO/Comparison of Alternatives

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This page attempts to collect user experiences in running emulated OLPC-XO images (or sugar-jhbuild environments) on various host Operating Systems with various emulation packages.  It is intended to serve as a guide for those looking to set up their own Development Environment.

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! platform !! purpose !! recommendation
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| Ubuntu || play &amp; development || xo disk images on qemu.  See [[Emulating the XO/Quick Start]].
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| Ubuntu 32-bit || core development || [[Sugar with sugar-jhbuild]] and [[Sugar on Ubuntu Linux]]
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| Fedora || play &amp; development || xo disk images on qemu.  See [[Emulating the XO/Quick Start]].  Perhaps also on [[VirtualBox]]?
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| Fedora 32-bit || core development || [[Sugar with sugar-jhbuild]] and [[:Category:Installing_Sugar]]
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| Gentoo 32-bit || core development || [[Sugar with sugar-jhbuild]] in F7 on qemu.  Or [[Sugar on Gentoo Linux]] (more invasive, less stable).
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| Other linux &amp; FreeBSD || play &amp; development || xo disk images on qemu.  See [[Emulating the XO/Quick Start]].  Perhaps also on [[VirtualBox]]?
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| Windows || play &amp; development || emulated xo disk image, on [[VirtualBox]], [[VMWare]], or [[Using QEMU on Windows|QEMU on Windows]].
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| Mac || play &amp; development || emulated xo disk image, on qemu or VMWare.  See [[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Mac]].  Perhaps also [[VirtualBox]]?  See also [[/Mac]].
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| Mac with VMWare fusion || core development || Fedora 7 in VMWare and [[Sugar with sugar-jhbuild]], sound and networking work. See [[/Mac]]
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| Mac with Parallels || play || emulated xo disk image, networking works after manually "dhclient eth0", sound does not work (Build 593).
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| Mac with Parallels || core development || run Ubuntu 32-bit, and [[Sugar on Ubuntu Linux]].  See [[/Mac]]. ''F7 may be better - see below''
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Discussion:
*Is F7 better than Ubuntu for sugar-jhbuild?  If so, should the Mac Parallels recommendation for core development be F7 rather than Ubuntu, despite the latter having a track record in [[/Mac]]? [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 10:33, 20 September 2007 (EDT)
**Yes, you will have less problems with Fedora 7, once you get it working in Parallels (which is harder than Ubuntu I think). I am running F7 because I need to be able to build RPMs. [[User:Bert|Bert]] 08:33, 25 September 2007 (EDT)
*[[Talk:Emulating_the_XO#QEMU_or_VirtualBox_or_VMWare.3F|QEMU or VirtualBox or VMWare?]]


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