-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:dev environment From: Rolf Banting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: modperl <modperl@perl.apache.org> Date: 05 November 2007 14:52:12
Or: 1. use cygwin ( if you can get mod_perl2 to build. I couldn't.)
Arghh - tooo painful! but nice if you want a bash shell that nearly works on XP! ;)
2. Pay up for VMWare Workstation. With VMWare you can have virtual linux sessions running in Windows. There's a free player and some free Linux virtual machines but if you want to create your own virtual system you will need Workstation (about 200 euro). With recent versions of the linux kernel you can create virtual OS's that share folders with Windows (or the other way round if you have Linux as your native OS). Even without shared folder support you can access the virtual system from the host system via SSH etc.
Nah - tried VMWare. For a PC user, MS Virtual PC is better / easier to manage, even in a shared dev environment.
The only time I would choose VMWare would be if someone had already created a specific appliance for you, or if the thought of installing Linux / Apache / MySQL etc was too scary. Don't bother with the shared folders - (requires tweaks on all the PC's running the virtual linux host), just plonk samba in and setup a "network" share.
my $0.02. Jeff
