[TriLUG] Debian on a laptop

[Roy Vestal]

I do this very thing for my Hamux project and Android development. As a 
matter of illustration, for Hamux, i have 8 VMs, a development and 
test(production) version of CentOS 5, and 6, both 32bit and 64bit. 
Develop on one and verify on the other :D

For my Android development, I have 2 VMs, one for the Android OS itself 
(personal copies for my tablet), and one for just android app development.

HTH,
-Roy

On 2/13/13 2:20 PM, Alan Porter wrote:
>
>> I'm growing weary of trying to get Debian on a laptop.
>
> If it's dragging you down, then don't do it.
>
> You can run whatever OS you're comfortable with -- Ubuntu, MacOS, 
> Windows, whatever.  Install Virtualbox, free from Oracle.  Then 
> install Debian inside a virtual machine.
>
> I do the same thing when I need to run a Windows-based tax program on 
> my Mac, or if I need to run a Debian compiler on my Ubuntu laptop.  
> The host runs all your normal stuff, and the tools run on the guest.  
> That way, you're not having to dual boot or do without your normal 
> tools just because your RasPi project needs a Debian environment.
>
> And again, if it's just the desktop environment that's getting you 
> down, just run a **Debian-based** distro that has a bit more polish 
> than Debian itself.  Ubuntu is the obvious choice.
>
> But your first instinct is correct... when you hit a snag, ask on this 
> list.  You might get a variety of solutions, but surely one of them 
> will work for you.
>