if you get the google SDK you get an emulator that runs little phone
VM's without the calling ability for app development ect.
and i have always been a huge VM proponent. but in this case its a
secondary workstation/laptop that i will be installing on.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Eric Shubert <
ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
> I concur with JD. CentOS for servers, Ubuntu for workstations.
>
> If you haven't jumped into virtualization yet, I would certainly do so. It
> will make your dist-hopping experience much more pleasurable. VMware and
> Virtualbox are good places to start. Keep an eye on KVM as well.
>
> Andriod is certainly interesting. Don't know if you consider that a distro
> or not, but it does run a linux kernel.
>
> Which makes me wonder. Can I run Andriod in a VM? (w/out phone
> functionality)
>
> See http://distrowatch.com for distro ideas. Sabayon looks interesting.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
> On 01/07/2011 09:22 AM, JD Austin wrote:
>>
>> I stick with the ones that will keep me sharp for work:
>> Fedora/Mandrake/Centos = redhat
>> or Suse (many more use rh based)
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 09:17, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com
>> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Well all I'm getting weirdly antsy in my preferred distro again... not
>> that i dislike using Ubuntu, but that I am looking for that next bit
>> of innovation that makes a distro.
>>
>> i liked Vinux when i looked at it this week, but I'm not really in the
>> market/need for a visually impaired setup but glad to have been
>> introduced to it.
>>
>> I am anxious to learn what others use here and what that "killer
>> feature" is that drew you to a given distribution. and/or something
>> really innovative that really defined a need for a new distribution.
>>
>> For example gentoo is defined by its emerge/portage (to me) and the
>> dynamic flexibility that represents to me.
>> Debian for its rock solid reliability, and conversely Ubuntu being a
>> graceful extension of that.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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