On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 6:14 AM John Cremona <john.crem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well I am giving up on using my 20+-year-old hardware. I have made many > attempts to install a 32-bit distro (debian, MX, Mint) but all failed -- in > the case of Mint, there was kernel panic before it even got going. I did a > 100% successful memtest but there must be other hardware problems. To the > dump! > > I have never tried any emulation. My own newest (9 year old) laptop has > sufficient power but rather little space on its disk (even after deleting > all those iso images I downloaded). Other machines I have access to are > heavily used by people who need them (e.g. for their PhDs) and quite old > too, so I would be nervous about using them. > You could try this open source 32-bit arch linux in browser x86: https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=archlinux There is no network stack, so note the "Send files to emulator" button off to the right. You can save the exact state of the VM though (at the top) to avoid loss of work. -- William > > Without that, eclib will not get any 32-bit testing, unfortunately. > > John > > On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 at 12:46, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Using qemu/kvm is definitely the way to go for development. You'll save >> lots of time compiling/testing with a modern CPU. There is also a number of >> utilities that simplify setting up virtual machines, e.g. gnome-boxes >> >> >> On Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 5:08:57 PM UTC+1 Georgi Guninski wrote: >> >>> > VirtualBox VMWare >>> >>> I have been using qemu for more than 10 years and i am satisfied. >>> Advantages: works fine everywhere. doesn't require any extra kernel >>> modules >>> Disadvantages: misses some shiny "features" like shared clipboard, >>> but it is security advantage. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "sage-devel" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sage-devel/pQw-LawYZPA/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/c37d3e6e-6f99-48b9-a6f7-f0a1ed69d364n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/c37d3e6e-6f99-48b9-a6f7-f0a1ed69d364n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAD0p0K68wAx5Vfsu8iRVfpqs6wWUC9JVcW-vOTq--bku-xsZWw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAD0p0K68wAx5Vfsu8iRVfpqs6wWUC9JVcW-vOTq--bku-xsZWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- William (http://wstein.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CACLE5GA6TwM1Ga-baSm-uAc5eM%3DRB74L68fwVYDnE3%2Btq4DD%2BA%40mail.gmail.com.
