Libre-FDASys Virtual Appliance
We can use well-known techniques from the open-software world in order to get an Out-of-Box experience. One possible solution is the Virtual Appliance approach.
A Virtual Appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system (JeOS) for it to run optimally in a virtual machine.
The Libre-FDATool has been included inside a Virtual Appliance that includes all the required functionality, from the scientific Python environment to the extra EDA tools: the Libre-FDASys.
Base Operating System: Ubuntu
We have choose Ubuntu as a the base operating system for building the virtual appliance for the next reasons:
- Ubuntu is build on opensource software
- Ubuntu excels in code stability vs cutting-edge tradeoff
- Ubuntu allows building extremely light JeOS deployments
Virtualization Platform
Despite the fact that Libre-FDASys is able to run on other platforms such as VMWare, we have choose VirtualBox as the reference virtualization platform for the next reasons:
- VirtualBox is distributed under GPL terms
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VirtualBox supports all the mainstream
hosts OS:
- Windows
- Linux
- Solaris
- Apple OS-X
Download
We are using Ubuntu One cloud services in order to host the Libre-FDASys virtual appliance.
You can get Libre-FDASys from the next link:
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