Re: emacs + org-mode in virtual machine/docker/...

[Dan Pomohaci]

Hi,

I made a docker image dpom/godevem 
(https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/dpom/godevem) for golang 
development with emacs.
It is use by my golang course students and
it runs on any platform that has installed docker engine.

Best regards,
Dan

On 22.05.2020 00:28, briangpowell . wrote:
> Oh if you're talking about students that use a combo of Mac & Windows &
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> Suggest VirtualBox --its free and can be installed and ported to each
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> But VirtualBox is based largely on Qemu; and for students, I highly
> recommend they become adept at running and using Qemu
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> I've booted and run many different operating system guest systems using
> Qemu--even an OS written entirely in Assembler
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> Believe it would be loads of fun for students to load and run many
> different operating systems with Qemu or distributions of Linux or any
> OS on the fly
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> But back to our original focus: Running Emacs Org-Mode on a Virtual
> Machine that is extremely portable--you can do this with Qemu--you can
> make your own Linux distro with Emacs Org-mode, make an ISO, a .iso file
> and boot and run it with Qemu
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> You can put it all on a USB key and run it on any machine--and then edit
> the .iso and add software later if you like
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> But enough about Qemu for student education etc.
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> * Install VirtualBox {on all 2 operating systems
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> * Make an virtual machine {Linux or Windows--maybe Mac would be a
> problem--but I just checked--you could host a VirtualBox virtual machine
> on a Mac so they should be able to do that (I used to run VMWare every
> day on my mac and huge Mac servers--booted and ran many virtual
> machines--it was awesome)
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> * Install Emacs & Org-Mode on the VirtualBox virtual machine & show your
> students, etc.=> reproducible research computing, at its best!
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> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 2:02 PM briangpowell . <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
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>     You name it in the virtual world & I've done it--and of course Emacs
>     Org-Mode works great in ALL of them
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>     KVM+Docker{which I posted to this group about
>     previously}+VMWare+Qemu+VirtualBox+etc. --I agree with other person:
>     You can find ready-made Docker containers running emacs--personally
>     I didn't find it all that interesting--too restrictive--prefer
>     VMWare Workstation images that I can easily make snapshots of--its
>     great to have many development versions and easily trash something
>     and just pull out another snapshot version to use instead if I don't
>     like things {packaging or libraries can get messed up}
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>     As much as I hate MicroSoft Windows, it pains me to suggest this;
>     but, I suggest CygWin--which is a RedHat gift--you can just install
>     your favorite Desktop like LXDE/XWindows/whatever--and run that
>     right along with Micro$0ft WindBlowz--works great--right on top of
>     it--I run Org-Mode on that too--lots of fun, highly recommend it
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>     All the best software is ported to ALL platforms--Emacs is in that
>     category of course
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>     Alternatively you can FUSE filesystems together--so machines can
>     become part of the directory of the machine you're most comfortable
>     with {that runs your fave Org-Mode implementation}
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>     On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 9:28 AM John Kitchin
>     <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
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>         Has anyone had any success in creating or using any kind of
>         virtual machine that can work across platforms to run
>         emacs+org-mode?
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>         John
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>         Professor John Kitchin
>         Doherty Hall A207F
>         Department of Chemical Engineering
>         Carnegie Mellon University
>         Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>         412-268-7803
>         @johnkitchin
>         http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
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