[GRLUG] Linux/Window options

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

My two cents (which I'm sure it won't be worth what you paid for it) is
that I would never run Windows as a VM host for Linux (or for any other
OS). I have little to no need to use Windows myself for anything, but if
for some reason I was willing to run Windows to run something I couldn't
live without or find a non-Windows alternative for, I would run Windows in
a VM on linux, or on a second/old machine. And there would be nothing
important stored on it for any length of time, it would be a "disposable"
install for that one purpose.

Dualboot is a non-starter - My workstation does get rebooted except for
kernel or hardware upgrades, or power outages that exceed the online time
of my UPS.

My "employers" computers do mostly run Windows, and installing alternate
OS's or outside software including VM's is absolutely prohibited by IT
department policy. So, I use those as little as possible, and mainly only
for directly work-related tasks including "intranet" web based apps and
work email (which I also use as little as possible - Outlook/Exchange
blecch)



On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 6:47 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
grlug at grlug.org> wrote:

> At least for my server, it's a tiny kernel with a shit ton of storage, so
> everything is a vm!  It's really nice for remote gaming without having your
> laptop burning its battery and your laptop.
>
> But I guess the question is more focused on your laptop/desktop.  As
> others have said, it depends on your usecase.  I run mac hardware with a
> virtualbox windows vm for the rare occasions when I need to hop into
> windows to test something (or spin up a windows VPC on $CLOUD_PROVIDER if I
> need to test something that needs a "real" windows machine).  8 years ago,
> I was running the reverse (windows hardware, linux vm) because that's what
> I was used to.
>
> -Thomas
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 2:03 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
> grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On February 23, 2021 at 13:33:42, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group (
>> grlug at grlug.org) wrote:
>> > > Dual boot is a miserable, awful productivity killer
>>
>> That’s what I would have thought, having lived with dual booting for
>> several years before virtualization came along. But poking around the Suse
>> site I saw references to dual boot and wondered if there was some advantage
>> to it I was missing. Presumably it uses less memory to boot just one OS at
>> a time, but machines tend to have a lot of memory these days.
>>
>>
>> Eric Beversluis
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