The Vagrant box listing has boxes for development with a GUI. People already do it and it is worth pursuing.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Torben Knerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sushi, > > I'm currently doing something similar here: > https://github.com/tknerr/dev-box/ > > It's an Ubuntu Desktop VM intended for infrastructure development with > Chef, Vagrant, etc.. You might find something re-usable for other VMs > too. > > Concerning the distribution I will probably use packer.io to create a > VirtualBox image. > > I think it's perfectly fine to distribute the Vagrantfile, but in my > case it has additional dependencies (like vagrant-omnibus, > vagrant-berkshelf and ChefDK (for the berks executable)) that need to > be installed on the user's VM. Having both Vagrantfile + pre-baked VM > makes it more convenient for the user. > > However, when distributing a pre-baked VM you should have an in-VM > update mechanism (e.g. git pull && run chef-solo) > > HTH, > Torben > > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:04 AM, sushi takashi <[email protected]> wrote: >> I need to install ubuntu but I'm tired of having to redo the softwares >> installation, their configuration, etc ... >> >> I intend to use vagrant in a user environment and not in a development >> environment. >> >> So I intend to use Unity, firefox, skype, VLC, etc... >> >> Is it a good idea to create a box for it and use vagrant in this context >> there? >> >> Can i do the same with windows 7? >> >> I asked a similar question a year ago but I forget to mention that I work >> with a user environment and I don't want to do something useless. >> >> Thank you >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Vagrant" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Grant Rettke [email protected] | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ “Wisdom begins in wonder.” --Socrates ((λ (x) (x x)) (λ (x) (x x))) “Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.” --Thompson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
