NAME

       testdrive - Test Drive the current Ubuntu Development Snapshot in a VM

SYNOPSIS

       testdrive [-d] [-f FILE] [-l FLAVOR] [-r RELEASE] [-u URL] [-v|--version]

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       -f CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
              user configuration file (overriding default values

       -v, --version
              print version and system data, and exit

       -u URL, --url=URL
              get ISO image from this URL location

       -d, --desktop
              try to launch usb-creator for further testing

       -r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
              hardcode Ubuntu RELEASE codename

       -l FLAVOR, --flavor=FLAVOR
              hardcode            Ubuntu           flavor.           Available           Flavors:
              ubuntu/kubuntu/xubuntu/edubuntu/mythbuntu/ubuntustudio /lubuntu/ubuntukylin

       -p REPOSITORY, --repo=REPOSITORY
              hardcode     Ubuntu     repository     from     where     to      obtain      ISOs:
              releases/cdimage/cloud-daily/cloud-releases

       -c, --curses
              displays the Virtual Machine in the shell. Only valid for Cloud images.

DESCRIPTION

       testdrive  is  a  utility that allows you to easily download the latest Ubuntu development
       release or Cloud image, and run it in a virtual machine.

       The global configuration file, /etc/testdriverc, is sourced first, followed by the  user's
       local      configuration      file,      ~/.testdriverc,     and     xdg     configuration
       ~/.config/testdrive/testdriverc.

       Users wanting to change the behavior default configuration can make a copy of  the  global
       configuration  /etc/testdriverc, and either store it as ~/.testdriverc, or as another file
       and pass that filename on the command line.

       Downloaded ISO files and disk images are stored in ~/.cache/testdrive, and may  optionally
       be cleaned out, periodically.

EXAMPLES

       Specify repository (Defaults to Ubuntu development release):
              testdrive -p cdimage
              testdrive -p releases
              testdrive -p cloud-daily

       Specify repository and flavor (Defaults to latest Ubuntu release available):
              testdrive -p cdimage -l kubuntu
              testdrive -p releases -l kubuntu
              testdrive -p cloud-daily -l cloud-server

       Launch local ISO image:
              testdrive -u /local/path/to/image.iso

       Launch Cloud local image
              testdrive -u /local/path/to/cloud-image.tar.gz

       Launch Cloud local image with KVM curses
              testdrive -u /local/path/to/cloud-image.tar.gz --curses

FILES

       /etc/testdriverc, ~/.testdriverc, ~/.config/testdrive/testdriverc, ~/.cache/testdrive

LINKS

       http://launchpad.net/testdrive

AUTHOR

       This  manpage  and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> for
       Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted  to  copy,  distribute
       and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian based systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License,  version  3,
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.