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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 & 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 & 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 & FreeBSD || play & development || xo disk images on qemu. See [[Emulating the XO/Quick Start]]. Perhaps also on [[VirtualBox]]?
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| Windows || play & development || emulated xo disk image, on [[VirtualBox]], [[VMWare]], or [[Using QEMU on Windows|QEMU on Windows]].
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| Mac || play & 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:
*VMWare Fusion beats Parallels for running Linux on your Mac, hands down
** I have used Parallels for about two years to do Linux/Sugar development, and I could smack myself that I didn't try VMWare earlier. The final straw was that I would have had to pay for an upgrade to support Fedora 9 after they promising for several months it would be supported. On VMWare, even the officially "unsupported" versions work because the installer simply offers to compile the necessary drivers, which worked flawlessly for me. [[User:Bert|Bert]] 12:48, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
*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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