VM AU

LnxSlck

Aug 8, 2012 17:14

do you guys use a vm to test the bugs related here in AU?

Lord of Time

@ObsessiveFOSS not here.

ObsessiveFOSS

@LnxSlck No... Good idea...

Lord of Time

@ObsessiveFOSS i'd have to test at home.

ObsessiveFOSS

@LordofTime Still under lockdown?

Lord of Time

@ObsessiveFOSS i dont have admin anywhere, i couldnt set up torrents even if i wanted to.

and even if i did have admin, torrents and P2P are locked down all the time

so's Skype

LnxSlck

Aug 8, 2012 17:16

@ObsessiveFOSS, i do this because i don't want to mess my ubuntu installation, and that way i can install software, remove, whatever

ObsessiveFOSS

@LordofTime Ah.

aking1012

@LnxSlck there has been talk about getting cloud VMs set up. i think each user does it their own way. personally i don't "test" AU bugs, i just vtc as off-topic

LnxSlck

cloud VM? hummmm

that's not such a bad idea

it also depends on the level of commitment of each user

ObsessiveFOSS

Who will provide a cloud?

aking1012

yeah, but unity3d bugs would require an opengl capable vm which is more expensive... on the other hand, we are touted as first tier support in the installer. maybe it will evolve in such a way that canonical provides such a thing for some active users

@ObsessiveFOSS amazon s3

ObsessiveFOSS

Aug 8, 2012 17:18

@aking1012 I do hope so. Maybe a message from the community?

Lord of Time

@ObsessiveFOSS amazon xD

izx

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ObsessiveFOSS

I hope Canonical will support this...

aking1012

@ObsessiveFOSS start a commentable blog on tumblr and ask for support

Lord of Time

@izx *NARQ! PURGE THE NARQ!*

or Not Constructive

aking1012

Aug 8, 2012 17:19

@LordofTime why did that sound a lot like kill it with fire

ObsessiveFOSS

@aking1012 and anyone intersted: I can give write access to the blog..

aking1012

I would just make it comment-able. I don't see a large reason to make it deface-able and you never know who to trust

Jorge Castro

support what now?

aking1012

3 mins ago, by aking1012

yeah, but unity3d bugs would require an opengl capable vm which is more expensive... on the other hand, we are touted as first tier support in the installer. maybe it will evolve in such a way that canonical provides such a thing for some active users

Lord of Time

@aking1012 because that was the intent...?

aking1012

Aug 8, 2012 17:22

@JorgeCastro make sense or i'm just pie-in-the-skying it?

izx

Look, if you want to test out Unity 3D bugs a VMware/vbox vm is not rocket science...

Jorge Castro

provides 3d support in virtualized environments?

Lord of Time

lot easier said than done

izx

VMware does, for sure....

Lord of Time

just because of the scale of implementation you're looking at

in a sense, a server farm would need to house the VMs.

aking1012

Aug 8, 2012 17:24

@izx that's fair, but having a standard testing environment for all of AU is surely simpler than having each individual users install VMs. I know it takes me a couple hours to set up a ton of VMs for different things

Lord of Time

because of the sheer amount of poiwer you'd need both RAM and CPU-wise

@aking1012 But AU isnt under Canonical

nor is it under the Community Council

nor any other governance council of Ubuntu

aking1012

fair point. i think it's a grey area

ObsessiveFOSS

Better idea: AU distributes pre-built VM images...

aking1012

@ObsessiveFOSS that could work

Lord of Time

@aking1012 since its not Canonical run... we'd have to front the mothly costs to run the infrastructure

its easier to distribute either customized installation images

mateo_salta

Aug 8, 2012 17:25

ohh, test platforms for questions... sounds cool

Lord of Time

or base VM images

izx

Couple of hours? I just have a base stable snapshot and then snapshot/reset as needed for most AU questions....

Lord of Time

as @Obsessive stated

aking1012

i'ld be much more likely to download an .ova than i would be to install a base machine over and over again

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