[gnome-love] Setting up a development environment

[Luiz Poleto <luiz poleto gmail com>]

Hello all,

I am trying to get started contributing with Gnome. First thing I wanna do is set up a development environment where I can play around without worrying about messing up with my current Gnome installation.

So, I thought about having it installed in VirtualBox. Is it recommended? Are there any side effects on this approach?

If the above is not the ideal scenario, what would be the best approach?

Thanks,

Luiz