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Resolved: Dual boot or Virtualbox?
October 21, 2012, 05:39:16 am
I realise this isn't actually a developer's question, but it is a pre-developer's question (from someone who has a long way to go) so I thought I might ask here.  I hope that is OK.

I have a laptop with 8GB RAM and 750GB HDD.  It has Windows 7 on it and I do need to keep that, although it won't be used a lot, as the laptop will basically be dedicated to 'all things Civi'.

Now I need to install Ubuntu.  Should I set up a dual boot or VM using VirtualBox?
« Last Edit: October 21, 2012, 02:42:08 pm by jchester »

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Re: Dual boot or Virtualbox?
October 21, 2012, 07:27:07 am

I think a VM via VirtualBox is a lot easier since u can switch between the two at the same time rather than a reboot

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Re: Dual boot or Virtualbox?
October 21, 2012, 12:19:56 pm
If you don't plan to use Windows a lot, I would install a real Linux install as your main bootup (not necessarily Ubuntu) and then install Windows in a VM. :)
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Re: Resolved: Dual boot or Virtualbox?
October 21, 2012, 02:44:11 pm
Thanks for the advice.  Two out of two for VM is enough for me. 

Hopefully my next post on this forum will actually be a developer one. 

Lobo, feel free to remove the entire topic to stop others wasting their time on it.

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Re: Resolved: Dual boot or Virtualbox?
October 23, 2012, 10:15:46 am
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it won't be used a lot, as the laptop will basically be dedicated to 'all things Civi

hey jchester.  if you are dedicating it to all things civi (WOOO!) and you "won't be used a lot" means that you want to spend all your time in ubuntu, and go back to windows once a week/month or similar then i would think twice about ubuntu (with a gui) in a vm is not seeing it to its full potential since you basically have to have resources for running to OS at the same time.  so things won't be as fun.

instead i would do dual boot because you'll have a much better ubuntu experience.

let me know if you have any other questions / want to provide more info about why you still need windows.
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Re: Resolved: Dual boot or Virtualbox?
November 01, 2012, 12:14:12 pm
I only have one or two applications that I need Windows for (eg QuickBooks), so I setup Parallels on my Mac. They also provide an Ubuntu version. Nice thing is that it lets my Mac OS X remain a native OS, and then Windows runs virtualized within it. The convenience of having Windows running simultaneously with OS X, without the downside of running on top of a paravirtualized server like Xen. There is a Parallels version for Ubuntu. Downside is that it is not FLOSS, and costs a bit.
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