FTR, VirtualBox is for all platforms https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Leo needs standard install scenarios, but the VM has a different goal, exposing people to Leo's capabilities, convincing them that it is worth investing time and effort into another tool. Given Leo's programmability and vast number of plugins, it is really a platform for building things, and a learning curve is involved. Getting it installed correctly and painlessly is required but doesn't help in understanding what power is available. The configured environment of a VM could allow folks to immediately get a better idea lf what is capable. I'd love to see some of Terry's custom work available as a Leo file in a VM, I might be able to understand it in a way I can't by reading doc or searching list threads ... I don't particularly like VMs, but I don't know a better way to introduce and explain Leo. Videos are great, but are a pain to make, can only cover so much ground, don't offer the ability to experiment. On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Marcel Franke <kugelfischtemp...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Edward K. Ream wrote: > >> In essence, this file would be a VM (Virtual Machine) containing: > > > VMs are heavy on the performance, need additional software and integrate bad > into the system. > Also, VMs need an underlying OS, which would mean some Linux-Distribution > which run parallel > to the existing OS. If the user has Windows, it would only alienate them. > > What speaks against a traditional executable package? py2exe and PyInstaller > are existing > and were working well the last time I used them. Using docker or a VM for a > simple Desktop-App > is very overstretched for "normal" users. It might work as an solution for > specific scenarios. > >> On the Mac, Leo could be delivered as a Homebrew formula (assuming we ever >> figure out how ;-), but again, Homebrew itself must be installed first. > > > There is also a fork to linux, called linuxbrew. On debian and ubuntu there > is no native package for leo, > so this might be a general solution for this plattform too. I just tried out > the leo.rb from your mergerequest (after fixing it and updating to 5.1), > but so far it fails with some (known) openssl-failures. So maybe some in > days it will work. > > I'm also curious why you don't deliver the files directly from github, > instead from sourceforge? The content seems to be the same? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
