On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Sharp, Chris wrote: >> Hmm, VirtualBox OSE (open source edition) as packaged in Ubuntu 9.10 >> has everything that I've needed for creating and testing Evergreen >> images. I think it's missing sound and USB drivers(?) but those seem >> pretty useless in this particular context. > > It has actually been a couple of years since I used OSE - maybe I'll give it > another shot. When I tried it before, networking was a huge headache and > there were some other limitations that I can't recall at the moment - I was > still very much a newbie at the time :-). > > Thanks for mentioning this. > > Chris Sharp > PINES Program Manager > Georgia Public Library Service > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 > Atlanta, Georgia 30345 > (404) 235-7147 > [email protected] > http://pines.georgialibraries.org/ > > ----- "Dan Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 14 April 2010 11:16, Sharp, Chris <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> Be aware though that Virtualbox has a free beer version and a free >>>> speech version. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I prefer the free as in beer version, which provides >> a lot of the extras you'll probably want for your project, Lori. >> Sometimes practicality forces us F/OSS end users to compromise a >> little bit :-) >>
The biggest problem I've had with it lately is USB printing. I can get Windows XP to recognize the printer & install the drivers, but it won't print at all. The job just stays in the queue. This is with Xubuntu 8.04, 9.04 & 9.10, and XP SP3 + newer updates, using a Citizen thermal printer. Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 586-8397 www.gmpl.org Library Technology Blog Twitter: @GMLGeek and on Facebook!
