[nmglug] dual boot

[akaluta at zianet.com]

Mars;
I have setup dual boot on laptop,
dialup is working next essential is getting wireless on Linux Distrib.
In the interm setting up for a try of Virtualbox OSE,download updated 
Java.tried Sun installation manager for linux whick directs to an rpm 
package.The default option is download manager,does not allow download 
completion,next try downloading to a temp file in Linux indicates no 
support,thought I would draw on your experience in the matter.What are your 
thoughts at this juncture of the setup, any insights. Thanks Anthony K 

J. Marsden DeLapp writes: 

> akaluta at zianet.com wrote: 
> 
>> The second topic,will anyone who is planning to be at the Santa Fe meeting 
>> Thursday be willing to meet and guide me through a dual boot vista/debian 
>> install.
> 
> I would not recommend a dual boot setup. It is really bad because you have to reboot to switch between windows and 
> gnu/linux applications. I tried dual boot about 5 years ago and found virtualization is a much better solution. 
> 
> I would suggest installing Virtualbox OSE and running windows in a virtual machine. I just completed installing it on 
> three new machines. It is fairly straight forward. One of the really nice features I found on Virtualbox is you can cut 
> and paste between windows and gnu/linux applications. Let's see you try that on a dual boot system. 
> 
> One criteria for virtualization is you need lots of memory. How much RAM does your system have? You might consider 
> upgrading Vista to Windows XP for better performance, lower hardware requirements and better compatibility with software. 
> 
> 
> Mars 
> 
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