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Post #431,381
by scoenye
10/22/19 10:52:50 PM
10/22/19 10:52:50 PM
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New As usual, it depends on whay you want to do.
Finally being able to have more than 4 partitions on a drive has taken a lot of the hassle out of dual boot installations. And you don't incur the double hit of having to pay for a retail Windows license.

I kept the native Windows install mainly because the proprietary NVidia driver for Linux occasionally ties the GPU in knots it can't undo.

VMs can have issues with pass through (as you ran into with your earlier VB experiment) and then it depends on your hardware and the drivers available for a particular hypervisor.

(And with VirtualBox, watch out for the Extension Pack)
Post #431,387
by CRConrad
10/23/19 12:01:21 PM
10/23/19 12:01:21 PM
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New Grafix should be OK, no NVidia.
Uses the integrated Intel UHD 630, AIUI. Yeah, everybody says it's shit for gaming, compared to NVidias and Radeons -- but I don't give a flying fuck. Not into that. I saw somewhere that it can drive not just one but two 4K displays; good enough for me. Acres to code and lay out UIs on.

Ah, typical fucking Oracle. Yeah, this last experiment popped up a message about that Extension Pack stuff. Could be that I never had that installed properly, as this was on that locked-down work box I mentioned elsewhere. Earlier, playing around with Debian on my 2011 T510 years ago (pre-SystemD), it worked better IIRC.

Gotta check my Windows license, but as it came with the box (laptop, not Virtual or Oxley), I suspect it's "OEM" as opposed to "retail".

Thanks again!
--

   Christian R. Conrad
The Man Who (used to think he) Knows Fucking Everything

Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
     Adding (at least) Linux onto a Windows laptop(1). How??? - (CRConrad) - (15) - Oct. 21, 2019, 05:31:43 PM EDT
         if you have wintel 10 you need a pro license to do hypervisory stuff - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 21, 2019, 06:34:54 PM EDT
             Yeah, I got W10 Pro. - (CRConrad) - Oct. 22, 2019, 04:26:23 AM EDT
         Got pigs on the roof? - (scoenye) - (1) - Oct. 21, 2019, 07:28:01 PM EDT
             Somewhat like I thought, somewhat not. Very useful. - (CRConrad) - Oct. 22, 2019, 06:50:30 AM EDT
         Avoid multiboot. It's a pain. - (pwhysall) - (4) - Oct. 22, 2019, 08:13:04 AM EDT
             Hmm. Other voices to agree or disagree with Peter? -NT - (CRConrad) - (3) - Oct. 22, 2019, 01:23:34 PM EDT
                 I do agree. - (mmoffitt) - Oct. 22, 2019, 01:49:29 PM EDT
                 As usual, it depends on whay you want to do. - (scoenye) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2019, 10:52:50 PM EDT
                     Grafix should be OK, no NVidia. - (CRConrad) - Oct. 23, 2019, 12:01:21 PM EDT
         Also, do you have a reason to avoid systemd, other than religion? - (pwhysall) - (5) - Oct. 22, 2019, 08:33:18 AM EDT
             For one thing, I'm an atheist... - (CRConrad) - (4) - March 14, 2020, 01:41:41 PM EDT
                 I finally had to install a SystemD Linux . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2019, 03:29:02 PM EDT
                     Devuan runs peachy. - (scoenye) - May 21, 2020, 08:09:13 PM EDT
                 turn that ipv6 crap off -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 22, 2019, 07:53:55 PM EDT
                 +10 -NT - (mmoffitt) - May 21, 2020, 01:17:28 PM EDT

I think its a fine solution to the problem that you probably shouldn't have.
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