I am interested in working with embedded operating systems and I was wondering if there was a setup that would be better than working on the host operating system itself.
Let me explain this a bit more.
I want to run different toolsets for embedded systems which have various dependencies. Instead of using the host operating system, currently Ubuntu 8.04 and filling it up with stuff I want to use virtual machines to work with each one and then delete and/or take snapshots of OS variations that are suitable for what I want.
Currently I have Virtualbox and I installed Ubuntu 8.04 as a guest but I find that this takes a lot of performance from my compputer. Is there any better virtualization software or can I install a more stripped down version of linux as a guest to work on embedded linux development?
Furthermore, what tools do you advise me to examine for embedded linux development?
Thanking you in advance,
A complete Embedded Linux newbie
