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Post by whs on Jun 2, 2013 16:15:20 GMT
I run all my Linux distros (6 of them) in VMware player. That has a lot of advatages (over double boot) because it does not disturb your base system (e.g. Grub taking over the bootloader) and it allows to run your base system side by side with the virtual VMware Player system. The base system can be Windows Vista, /7 or /8 (not sure about XP) or it can be another Linux system.
Here is an example how I setup e.g. Zorin which is an Ubuntu derivative. But my favorite is Mint Mate. Here is a little demo how to run Mint Mate in Virtual and it also shows a bit of Zorin.
The rest of the 12 Mint video tutorials you find on my Skydrive. This is a PDF control sheet from where you can start each tutorial. The PDF you can either download (right click on the skydrive icon) or view in a pdf enabled browser (e.g. Chrome) when you double click on the skydrive icon.
If you have any questions, let me know.
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Post by Lighthouse on Jun 2, 2013 18:46:55 GMT
All well and good if you have the hardware capable of running a virtual machine. The laptop I have been using for the last year, no way.
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Post by whs on Jun 2, 2013 18:55:16 GMT
I am doing it on a laptop from 2008. I don't see where the problem is. Can you be more specific.
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Post by Lighthouse on Jun 2, 2013 19:49:38 GMT
Insufficient RAM, to be exact. Needs another 1GB in there. And yes, I can do as is, but runs so slow, as to be unusable.
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Post by whs on Jun 2, 2013 20:02:19 GMT
Insufficient RAM, to be exact. Needs another 1GB in there. And yes, I can do as is, but runs so slow, as to be unusable. If Windows is the host system, then you should have 3GB of RAM. With Linux as the host, 2GB of RAM will work. With Windows as host, you could try with a 512MB guest for Mint Mate. My Mate uses only 187MB right now although it has 2GB allocated.
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Post by Lighthouse on Jun 2, 2013 21:35:11 GMT
LOL. Now you trying to tell me something that I didn't know years ago ? I only replied in the first instance to tell you not to assume that everyone will have the option to do what you suggest. Crikey. you should see some of the machines I work on round here. They were built not long after the Ark !
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Post by whs on Jun 2, 2013 21:41:58 GMT
Maybe Noah did not check the water level with a dove but on Facebook.
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Post by Lighthouse on Jun 2, 2013 21:53:05 GMT
As far as I am concerned, Facebook is a swearword !
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Jun 9, 2013 14:13:03 GMT
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Post by whs on Jun 9, 2013 21:18:36 GMT
Mike, that's good to hear. I was always very happy with VMware Player. I hope it will work out for you too.
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Post by Lighthouse on Jun 10, 2013 10:58:44 GMT
vmware player was the best I found.
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Jun 10, 2013 11:20:17 GMT
For a long while I was either dual booting or using oracle virtual box. Dual booting linux did come with a few problems and could interfere with the primary Windows installation. Wubi was one answer to have two opposing operating systems on board. Virtual box I found limitations with the resolution. So VMware Player was the answer. I am able to run XP pro and 2 variants of linux without issue, good screen resolution and size and not having to reboot all the time. Changing linux types is also much simpler
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Post by whs on Jun 10, 2013 12:58:57 GMT
One little additional tip. In Windows 7, I make regular images. For the VMware Player systems I do that too but differently. I just copy the VMware folder of each system to a backup disk and if I have a problem, I delete the current folder and pull in the folder I backed up. All that requires then is to make a new Open from the VMware control page so that the .vmx file of that folder gets known.
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