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On 8/13/24 1:28 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-08-13, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
> 
>>     A slower option is to install VirtualBox in Winders
>>     and install Linux as a virtual machine. The advantage
>>     is that it's always handily available, the downside
>>     is that the VM is slower than a 'bare metal' install.
> 
> If it's slower, it's not by much.  A Windows VM is quite
> fast enough for me.  I have a report progam test bed with
> a .BAT file that runs the program several dozen times with
> various options; on small files it will flicker the screen
> 10 times a second with consecutive executions, and it will
> process million-record files in 5 seconds.

   With resources properly allocated a VM can be
   fairly speedy these days. I'd still rather go
   bare metal ... but then I'm from Back In The
   Day. THIS poster sounded more of a Win guy
   looking to explore Linux without risk to his
   (mistakenly) beloved Winders. Dual-boot IS
   technically better - but, for him, a VM may be
   the best way to go, little risk of serious damage.

   With luck he'll decide Linux IS the better way
   and PURGE M$ entirely from his laptop  :-)

   Just looking at the shelf, I have FOUR lower-end
   laptops ... ALL pure Linux. Makes a cheap laptop
   into a fairly speedy laptop - plus no M$ ! Actually
   I have NO M$ boxes at all, haven't for a LONG LONG
   time, but EIGHT active Linux units not including
   the laptops. Accidentally bought an extra BMax unit,
   but I think that's gonna be a BSD eventually,
   MAYBE Plan-9 just to be weird.