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

[Ferdinand Schmid]

On Jul 25, 2011 9:14 PM, "David L. Anselmi" <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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