internet connection speed limited by OS?

[Fender]

we're talking about getting rid of subversion for git or some other distributed source control system

git-svn chokes after checking out our repository though

[R00k]

I'm having to build a Linux machine on VMWare. Ubuntu was requested, so I loaded it, but I've had nothing except problems with it.

If you are not using VMWare's enterprise-y features, give VirtualBox a spin. It's heaps easier to configure and deploy.

PS: Is this to be a server image? Were you using vanilla Ubuntu or Ubuntu Server?

Yes, it was the Server edition.

We already have a VMWare box running upstairs, so I wanted to put it on that.

But I've also been working on a project for the last few weeks to get an enterprise VMWare solution installed. I'm making a hard case for it, I really hope it everything works out.

[R00k]

we're talking about getting rid of subversion for git or some other distributed source control system

git-svn chokes after checking out our repository though

What's the reason you're getting rid of svn?

[Fender]

merging w/ SVN fucking sucks

[^misantropia^]

Heh, that's one of the reasons why my company still uses CVS. For all its shortcomings, branching and merging just works.

[^misantropia^]

git-svn chokes after checking out our repository though

That seems to be a common problem with git-svn. With checkout you mean `git svn clone`, right? A simple fix that often works is to run `git svn fetch` afterwards, possibly several times until the entire repository has been checked out.

[Fender]

I might have to give that a try, thanks.

[Underpants?]

any luck with this project, Fender?

[Fender]

too busy to experiment ATM
release is Wed (Thurs realistically)
maybe after that