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Package: python-vm-builder (0.12.4+bzr494-0ubuntu1)

VM builder

Script that automates the process of creating a ready to use Linux based VM. The currently supported hypervisors are:

 * KVM
 * Xen
 * VMWare

The currently supported distros are:

 * Ubuntu Dapper, Gutsy, Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, and Karmic.

You can pass command line options to add extra packages, remove packages, choose which version of Ubuntu, which mirror etc. On recent hardware with plenty of RAM, tmpdir in /dev/shm or using a tmpfs, and a local mirror, you can bootstrap a vm in less than a minute.

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