Comments on: A Virtual Solution for Mobile Development http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/ Open Source, Open Standards Fri, 10 May 2013 08:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: dragonwisard http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7606 dragonwisard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7606 <p>A long anecdote (with requisite Mac and Windows bashing) where someone discovers that Windows 7 needs more than 1GB of RAM to run smoothly (how shocking!) and files can be recovered from a dead laptop using a $15 USB-IDE adapter. </p> A long anecdote (with requisite Mac and Windows bashing) where someone discovers that Windows 7 needs more than 1GB of RAM to run smoothly (how shocking!) and files can be recovered from a dead laptop using a $15 USB-IDE adapter.

]]> By: ajaimes http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7607 ajaimes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7607 <p>Have you tried vmware? For me, it has a better performance than VirtualBox... but it is not free... </p> Have you tried vmware? For me, it has a better performance than VirtualBox… but it is not free…

]]> By: fableson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7608 fableson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7608 <p>@ajaimes - I have tried vmware -- in fact I have used it for windows servers in the past to get some more use out of existing h/w investments.</p> <p>This is the first time I have made significant use of virtual tech on a day to day machine. I have held vmware as the safety net choice -- if VirtualBox works that would be my preference based on price and supporting Open Source efforts. </p> @ajaimes – I have tried vmware — in fact I have used it for windows servers in the past to get some more use out of existing h/w investments.

This is the first time I have made significant use of virtual tech on a day to day machine. I have held vmware as the safety net choice — if VirtualBox works that would be my preference based on price and supporting Open Source efforts.

]]> By: ferdnyc http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7609 ferdnyc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7609 <p>...Why is this article in \"Linux Magazine\"? I have no feelings about what OS the author (or anyone else) runs, it\'s just that I don\'t see how this article has anything to do with linux. </p> …Why is this article in \”Linux Magazine\”? I have no feelings about what OS the author (or anyone else) runs, it\’s just that I don\’t see how this article has anything to do with linux.

]]> By: fableson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7610 fableson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7659/#comment-7610 <p>@ferdnyc</p> <p>Thanks for your comment. I write about mobile development -- often it is on Linux-based Android topics, but certainly not exclusively as there are multiple mobile operating systems that impact Android\'s market-share, competitive feature sets, etc. I\'ve also tackled Palm\'s WebOS, BlackBerry, multi-platform tools like Titanium and phonegap.</p> <p>When wrestling with mobile development, the development platform must be taken into consideration. For example, the love-it-or-hate-it iphone platform requires you to conduct development on an Intel-based Mac. The idea of using virtual machines as part of the solution has long been of interest to me, so I thought it would be relevant to others also. Then my primary development machine died so my hand was forced. Hence this article on windows, mac, virtualbox, etc.</p> <p>Perhaps of interest to some, I recently switched from VirtualBox to VMWare Fusion. While I was impressed with what VBox could do, I just couldn\'t handle the performance issues, spotty USB coverage and lack of an input microphone. I use Camtasia often to do short, informal demos for others. Without a mic, I was unable to use my primary machine for this purpose.</p> <p>So, I tried VMWare -- it handled my mic just fine, handled the development board I was playing with (USB based Microchip picKit1) -- and just for fun... it\'s a lot faster than my VBox setup.</p> <p>While I would have preferred to stay with VirtualBox, my time was worth more than the 80 or 100 fee for vmware fusion.</p> <p>Frank </p> @ferdnyc

Thanks for your comment. I write about mobile development — often it is on Linux-based Android topics, but certainly not exclusively as there are multiple mobile operating systems that impact Android\’s market-share, competitive feature sets, etc. I\’ve also tackled Palm\’s WebOS, BlackBerry, multi-platform tools like Titanium and phonegap.

When wrestling with mobile development, the development platform must be taken into consideration. For example, the love-it-or-hate-it iphone platform requires you to conduct development on an Intel-based Mac. The idea of using virtual machines as part of the solution has long been of interest to me, so I thought it would be relevant to others also. Then my primary development machine died so my hand was forced. Hence this article on windows, mac, virtualbox, etc.

Perhaps of interest to some, I recently switched from VirtualBox to VMWare Fusion. While I was impressed with what VBox could do, I just couldn\’t handle the performance issues, spotty USB coverage and lack of an input microphone. I use Camtasia often to do short, informal demos for others. Without a mic, I was unable to use my primary machine for this purpose.

So, I tried VMWare — it handled my mic just fine, handled the development board I was playing with (USB based Microchip picKit1) — and just for fun… it\’s a lot faster than my VBox setup.

While I would have preferred to stay with VirtualBox, my time was worth more than the 80 or 100 fee for vmware fusion.

Frank

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