[GRLUG] virtual machine current rec

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

I've found VirtualBox to work quite well for running Linux under 
Windows.  It's not as smooth as running Windows under a Linux 
virtualization host, but it works.

Warm Regards,
Kyle Maas



On 4/30/22 21:21, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group wrote:
> Have a look through this to see if it might meet your daughter’s needs.
>
> “Install Ubuntu on WSL2 on Windows 11 with GUI support”
>
> https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-on-wsl2-on-windows-11-with-gui-support
>
> However, if you want to get the full “Install Linux on bare hardware” 
> experience without dual booting or having another system, then, yes, 
> you’ll need a VM. And if you are just starting out and don’t know the 
> difference in VM hypervisor features and properties, VirtualBox is a 
> good place to start.
>
> Once she’s comfortable, she can then flip it: install Linux on the 
> hardware and Windows in a VM.  Or not, and simply run Linux on the 
> hardware and connect to Office365 or to a virtual Windows desktop on 
> Azure.  That solution works for me with my Chromebook.
>
> And that may be another solution: get a Chromebook and enable the 
> Linux Development Environment.
>
> It all depends on her use cases.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 5:01 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group 
> <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>
>     From a quick look online, it’s not clear what WSL2 does. It
>     doesn’t look like a VM.
>
>     Basically she wants to be able to use both Linux and Windows and
>     installing Linux in a VM seemed to me the best way, preferable to
>     dual boot.
>
>     Eric Beversluis
>     Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com
>     <http://www.ericbeversluis.com>
>
>     On April 30, 2022 at 18:04:43, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
>     (grlug at grlug.org) wrote:
>     > The immediate question is, what is the use case?
>     >
>     > But in the absence of an answer to that, VirtualBox with Vagrant
>     works.
>     > Not great, but good enough.
>     >
>     > Is there any reason not to use WSL2?
>     >
>     > Or if doing development, Cloud9 on AWS works well.
>     >
>     > Good luck and let us know how things go.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > - Robert
>     >
>     > On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 1:16 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
>     > grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>     >
>     > > My daughter wants to install a VM app and linux on her windows
>     box. I
>     > > haven’t kept up. Is VirtualBox still the way to go for Win10
>     or 11?
>     > >
>     > > Eric Beversluis
>     > > Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com
>     <http://www.ericbeversluis.com>
>     > >
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