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.
| platform | purpose | recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | play & development | xo disk images on qemu. See Emulating the XO/Quick Start. |
| Ubuntu 32-bit | core development | Sugar with sugar-jhbuild and Sugar on Ubuntu Linux |
| Fedora | play & development | xo disk images on qemu. See Emulating the XO/Quick Start. Perhaps also on VirtualBox? |
| Fedora 32-bit | core development | Sugar with sugar-jhbuild and Category:Installing_Sugar |
| Gentoo 32-bit | core development | Sugar with sugar-jhbuild in F7 on qemu. Or Sugar on Gentoo Linux (more invasive, less stable). |
| Other linux & FreeBSD | play & development | xo disk images on qemu. See Emulating the XO/Quick Start. Perhaps also on VirtualBox? |
| Windows | play & development | emulated xo disk image, on VirtualBox, VMWare, or QEMU on Windows. |
| Mac | play & development | emulated xo disk image, on qemu or VMWare. See Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Mac. Perhaps also VirtualBox? See also /Mac. |
| Mac with VMWare fusion | core development | Fedora 7 in VMWare and Sugar with sugar-jhbuild, sound and networking work. See /Mac |
| Mac with Parallels | play | emulated xo disk image, networking works after manually "dhclient eth0", sound does not work (Build 593). |
| Mac with Parallels | core development | run Ubuntu 32-bit, and Sugar on Ubuntu Linux. See /Mac. F7 may be better - see below |
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? 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. Bert 08:33, 25 September 2007 (EDT)
- QEMU or VirtualBox or VMWare?
