I have already installed Virtual Box. I am NOT going to play this game of "just install this one more thing" or "you should have installed X instead of Y" just so I can do a compile of ooRexx. I grew tired of it years ago, I'm not going to start it again.
Rick On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 10:41 AM René Jansen <rvjan...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > With Docker you will not need Virtual Box. > > René. > > On 24 Dec 2018, at 10:46, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yep, I'm already regretting this. So far, all I've gotten is suggestions > for additional stuff to install. I'm already putting this effort on the > shelf. > > Rick > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 9:38 AM Michael Lueck <mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com> > wrote: > >> Greetings Rick, >> >> Rick McGuire wrote: >> > I'll probably end up regretting this, but I finally broke down and >> installed VirtualBox on my new laptop. Any suggestions on which distro I >> should use for ooRexx development? (duck and run!). >> >> >> 1) LTS release of Ubuntu / Xubuntu. 18.04 is the newest LTS release. I >> personally prefer the Xfce desktop environment, so Xubuntu to get that. A >> clean, less complex UI. For example, to get a random >> wallpaper set on Ubuntu I had to build a XML file. With Xubuntu, just >> takes a text file with a list of fully pathed graphic files. Xfce is KISS >> to me... Keep It Super Simple. >> >> Oh, and when you download the ISO, grab the base release of the LTS ISO, >> not the .1, .2 etc... updated. Sometimes Ubuntu slips updated kernels into >> the higher .x releases for hardware support reasons, >> which if you build on that then you become dependent on the updated >> kernel, not the base LTS kernel. >> >> One tweak suggestion for Xubuntu... add a second panel at the bottom of >> the screen, set to autohide, and place the workplace switcher component on >> that panel. I run with 18 workspaces, aka Object >> Desktop Virtual Desktops. To add it, right click the top panel, go into >> panel preferences, and click to add a second panel. >> >> 2) Since IBM has snuggled up to RedHat, I suppose give a nod to that. Is >> Fedoria still a current free RedHat? >> >> >> VirtualBox PUEL is really nice. Be sure to install the corresponding >> extension pack. That is a separate download at each VirtualBox release. >> >> I am thankful, >> >> -- >> Michael Lueck >> Lueck Data Systems >> http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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