[lug] linux distro on my windows laptop, vmware?

[Chan Kar Heng]

If you're not running 64 bit Windows, & don't mind a bit of fiddling,
coLinux can be an option.
They've got some _minimal_ images that usually work with just small bit 
of tweaking or none.
It's the fastest, but can be the least friendliest.

IMHO, VMWare is still the easiest way to get something started in your 
context.

kh

On 2011-07-26 12:25, Bruce Long wrote:
> I've had the same experiences as Ferdinand. VirtualBox just works. And
> each revision adds meaningful features. E.g., a year ago I couldn't run
> a virtual machine with mulitple (virtual) monitors. Now it works flawlessly.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Ferdinand Schmid
> <ferdinand at schmidix.net <mailto:ferdinand at schmidix.net>> wrote:
>
>     On Jul 25, 2011 9:14 PM, "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us
>     <mailto:anselmi at anselmi.us>> wrote:
>      >
>      > John Vonachen wrote:
>      > > installed Wubi.  Rebooted.  It did not work.  Uninstalled it.
>       Trying vmware
>      > > player.
>
>     VMware payer works but VirtualBox offers much better performance.
>     If you need fast boot times and near native performance (2d
>     graphics) then I recommend Vbox.  I have tried going back to VMware
>     a few times but couldn't tolerate the poor performance.
>
>     Ferdinand
>
>      >
>      > That's what I hate about Linux.  When you run into trouble
>     there's no way to figure out what's
>      > wrong.  No blogs where people describe similar problems, no
>     mailing lists with helpful,
>      > knowledgeable people to diagnose error messages, no error messages.
>      >
>      > Your only choice is to try installing another distro and pray (or
>     hope if you're not the religious
>      > type).
>      >
>      > ;-)
>      > Dave
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