Testing K/Ubuntu on virtual machines

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:36:43PM +0100, john levin wrote:
> Having just downloaded VMware Server, and so being able to create my own 
>   virtual machines, I have a few questions relating to testing edgy and 
> reporting bugs:
> 
> 1: Is it acceptable to test edgy on vmware?

Certainly; there are many classes of bugs which will be exhibited just as
clearly in vmware as on real hardware.

> 2: I presume bugs relating to hardware (such as detection) will really 
> be software problems in vmware. Should they be reported in launchpad?

Sometimes; other times they might be hardware detection issues in Ubuntu.
If you can tell the difference, the former should be reported to VMWare and
the latter to Launchpad.

> 3: Are vm images going to be made available officially through 
> Ubuntu.com? There's an image of Breezy on the mirrors, but not of 
> dapper, or knot 1.

Ubuntu Desktop CD images are suitable for use in vmware, both in live mode
and for installation.  As for preinstalled images, it would be nice, but we
don't currently provide them.  As far as I'm aware, it's a manual process to
create such images.  If it could be driven by a program rather than a human,
we could probably arrange to provide them automatically.

> 4: Is it okay for me to distributed any images of knot n I make? Is it 
> desirable? Can Ubuntu.com provide bandwidth for this?

If you have enough bandwidth to upload such huge files, and there's enough
interest in downloading them, perhaps.

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 - mdz