Computers for cross-platform development

[Zachary Crownover]

I double the sentiment for virtualization if your intent is a continuous integration system for testing and artifact building. As Justin mentioned, the frequency of the runs adjusts the value of VM vs physical. I don’t know if Travis CI supports every OS on your list, but it might and you could set up a testing framework with it. If it’s open source work it could also be free through them and you wouldn’t have to worry about computer costs at all.

> On May 24, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Justin Sherrill <justin at shiningsilence.com> wrote:
> 
> Get a single large machine and virtualize each one of the
> environments.  It won't be as fast, but that may not matter if you are
> only building, say, weekly.
> 
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:45 PM Pierre Abbat
> <phma at leaf.dragonflybsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm planning to get several small computers so that I can test my software on
>> several OSes. One will compile binaries for Windows; the others will run
>> OpenBSD, NetBSD, probably FreeBSD, and maybe DragonFly (I already have a
>> DragonFly box, but it's slow compared to my laptop). I'm looking at these:
>> https://www.newegg.com/Barebone-Mini-Computers/Category/ID-3
>> How can I make sure that all the hardware works on all the BSDs?
>> 
>> The reason I say "probably FreeBSD" is that another computer I'm going to get
>> is a Power9 box from Raptor for big-endian testing. I know of two OSes that
>> are big-endian on Power9: Adélie Linux and FreeBSD. However, while it is Tier
>> 1 on Adélie, it is Tier 2 on FreeBSD. So I may or may not set it up as dual-
>> boot.
>> 
>> Pierre
>> --
>> I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.
>> 
>> 
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