12 sats \ 12 replies \ @g4ala 20 Oct 2021 \ parent \ on: SN dev-focused release: dockerized local environment meta
Cool, thank you.
I'll set up a dev machine and get to it.
best plan ever setting up a dev machine!
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For sure! Experience has taught me that, least ways.
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i ran this docker on my live docker vm machine and was like uuups docker space low. so i rememberd my docker ubuntu dev machine a old imac hardware from 2014. 40W but alwas ready to serve.
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I've much to learn, as I've only ever run a local webserver for website dev.
Yes, older HW can still be of value (although I've a bunch of 32 bit machines that I feel I need to dump; I just hate doing so).
I'll reconfigure my Lenovo E73 (SFF) which I got off of ebay, some time back. It's very nice: Quad Core i5 4th Gen, 16 GB Ram, 500 MB HDD.
By today's standards, it's not going to make a splash, but it's more than good enough for my projects.
Any info or tips you have, would be cool.
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top hardware. long time i went with raspberrys. it was fun to learn gpio and do some python. then stuff always took ages. low capacity bigger projects. i would run 4 vm on your hardware for developing purpose no problem. 32 bit can be used for kids with emmabuntus.org - i have kept all my hardware - somtimes i need spare parts. even old ide cable make a perfect match with arduino projects. yes that needs a lot of space.
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Humm, site just went down - I hope we didn't break it!!
Sorry, now you've lost me; I said I'd much to learn :)
"4 vm"??
My VM experience amounts to no more than the Oracle VM VirtualBox running on a Linux Deb based OS.
I don't usually bother with a VM, I just fresh install a basic Linux Deb OS and take it from there, adding whatever services I need, for the project in hand.
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i have two ways to go. your way of course and i run a windows 10 hyperv machine the demo never expires somehow. on the hyperv i spin up linux distros and go from there.
i like the easy system snapshot in hyperv. it takes a long time if you mess up a linux bare metal setup to get going again. with the hyperv i can return to the last working snapshot easy. also i like having the 1 core small server possibility to run like very small tasks. i think there are a million ways to have fun.
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Ah, I see what you're driving at. I use the 'Snapshot' feature with OVM, as and when I upgrade MyNode, so that I can roll back if needs be.
Good call, ty. I'll set up my dev environment in that way.