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[Roberto Siqueira <siqueira@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Roger:

Roger Erens a écrit :
> Hi Roberto,
>
> 2009/9/28 Roberto Siqueira <siqueira@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi all,
> >  Due to my own "mobility" (so to speak) needs I've recently set up a
>
> ...
>
> >  The QEMU install is only a bit more complicated. After installing 
> > QEMU for
> > your platform, 
>
> How does this virtualization help you with your "mobility" needs?
 Well, that's a long history... I've got this beautiful "Acer Aspire 
One" netbook (http://www.acer.com/aspireone/aspireone_8_9/ -- mine is 
the blue one) that comes with Linpus Linux Lite (a modified version of 
Fedora 8) pre-installed. Everything "Just Works"(TM), but this 
customization complicates a little the install/update mechanism from the 
standard Fedora servers (AKA "dependency hell"), notably if you want to 
compile things yourself (gcc/make stuff).

 I was therefore thinking about installing a "more standard" distro 
like e.g. Kuki (http://www.kuki.me/ -- based on Ubuntu), but when I 
tried Slitaz (in its turn, based on Slackware) inside QEMU, it was so 
small and fast that I decided to see how far I could go, having only 
512Mb of RAM and an 8Gb SSD (solid state drive). It works like a charm 
e.g. for quick OSHIP hacks, so far. And being a "virtual environment" by 
itself almost eliminates the need of Python's virtualenv (I'm still 
using it for compatibility, though).
> ...
>
> >  In either case, once the Slitaz "cooking" flavor is installed and 
> > running,
> > it's enough to use the "tazpkg" command to add the following packages 
> > (ready
>
> ...
> > tazpkg get-install setuptools
>
> IIRC, this is not necessary, since creating a virtualenv will place an 
> easy_install command for you in
> <virtualenvironment>/bin
 This is a true chicken-and-egg situation: can't we get virtualenv 
though "easy_install virtualenv" as well? :-)
> > tazpkg get-install virtualenv
> > tazpkg get-install bazaar
> >  ...and then you can continue by following the generic install FAQ
> > (https://answers.launchpad.net/oship/+faq/391), with "virtualenv
> > --no-site-packages oshipenv" and so on.
> >
> >  Regards,
> > Roberto.
>
> Thanks for your report!
>
> Roger
 You're welcome.

Roberto.