Frank! Welcome aboard. 

I note: in an ideal world, we would have a variety of hosts systems running the tests. But this will be expensive. 

I'd like to find the best single free configuration, and I think FreeBSD (or a variant) would be a good choice, simply for the legendary stability of the this system, and its wealth of well-written documentation. 

In any event, I believe that the choice of host system is perpendicular to the cause. Jenkins will run anywhere. I'd like to avoid getting bogged down in such details, but I'd also prefer to avoid doing this twice in the same year. 

If I may ask, what is your motivation for seeking a 64-bit host?

On Jun 22, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22 June 2011 21:20, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com> wrote:
>> No one expects continuous integration.
>> Some of us really want it, though. I'm going to see about getting it done.
>> Feel free to chime in on this thread if you have thoughts you'd like to
>> share on the subject.
> 
> Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, give me a decent VM on 64-bit FreeBSD and
> I'll set up Hudson or Jenkins or whatever.
> 
> I've tried a few times, and just ran out of energy. I know folks have
> installed on their _32 bit_ machines. Randal, do you have one lying
> around?
> 
> frank
>