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

[Bruce Long]

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>wrote:

> 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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