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24th November 2019, 02:15 PM |#9341  
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Been a Windows user since 90s. But, work demands me to use a Mac.
So I have Mac, and a few surface laptops, and an Alienware desktop.
Recently to build AOSP, I had to install Ubuntu, accidentally ended up flushing my Alienware disk.
Even after 20+ years, it is still hard to get Ubuntu going. Especially when the Secure boot is enabled in BIOS.

I am a windows user,and build ROM's using Ubuntu running in VBox.
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24th November 2019, 02:36 PM |#9342  
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I am a windows user,and build ROM's using Ubuntu running in VBox.

Ok, so after making my entire Alienware X1 run Ubuntu (i7 Quad core, 16GB, Nvidia 1060Ti, 1TB SSD), it is still very very slow for a cold build (8-10hrs). Can't imagine how slow it will be on VBox.
I also tried installing Ubuntu 18.04 shell (from windows store) and building on that. Build failed because of underlying structure.
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24th November 2019, 03:54 PM |#9343  
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If VBox is configured right, there shouldn't be any real slowdown. I've been using Debian as my OS since 2006. Haven't had any issues installing it on any machines.
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Ok, so after making my entire Alienware X1 run Ubuntu (i7 Quad core, 16GB, Nvidia 1060Ti, 1TB SSD), it is still very very slow for a cold build (8-10hrs). Can't imagine how slow it will be on VBox.

I also tried installing Ubuntu 18.04 shell (from windows store) and building on that. Build failed because of underlying structure.

Use another distro or a different flavor of Ubuntu that isn't so heavy, one that is a bit more stripped down but still has the essentials. Or, install the lightest linux distro that has the bare minimum then manually install only the packages you need and nothing that you don't need.

There is an old project called Builduntu that is based on Ubuntu and comes pre-installed with the necessary tools to build android, of course, it would need to be updated a bit to build more recent android versions but at the time it came ready to go, no extra setup necessary. There is a Vbox version and a dual-boot version.

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Ok, so after making my entire Alienware X1 run Ubuntu (i7 Quad core, 16GB, Nvidia 1060Ti, 1TB SSD), it is still very very slow for a cold build (8-10hrs). Can't imagine how slow it will be on VBox.
I also tried installing Ubuntu 18.04 shell (from windows store) and building on that. Build failed because of underlying structure.

I have a pretty old no-name desktop.

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K [email protected] 3.50GHz 4.40 GHz (the 4.4 is an overclock )
20.0 GB, 64-Bit (Hardware ram is 24GB)

I assign the VBox 90% CPU, 8 cores (4 real cores hyper-threaded), and 12GB RAM

I have multiple drives assigned to the VBox. eg One for system, another for ROM source, and another for Out and another for ccache. Thus reads and writes go to different controllers and thereby occur in parallel. Some drives are RAID1 non-solid state (ie rotating drives), while at least one is a USB3 portable drive!

Even with the VBox, my build time is around 70min for Oreo, and 90min for Q (after CCache is built, ie second build, a cold build is around twice that I think, CCache is on a rotating drive)
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