I used to run a Windows 10 VM on KVM/Qemu on a Linux desktop with a fairly slow CPU (dual core i5, but an old one) and it was actually very fast and usable, although I never really fired up anything like Visual Studio since that's a huge beast anyway. As always fast disk and plenty of RAM helps a lot.
To the OP - do you know what they are going to be asked to do with VB? Is it desktop (Winforms) stuff, or web stuff, or basic algorithms that could be pure CLI? It does make a difference since AFAIK Dotnet Core supports VB.NET language and is cross-platform, but I don't think it supports VB.NET for quite a lot of things like MVC. Webforms and Winforms are not supported in Dotnet Core at all. I don't think Mono supports WInforms either for any language, which is why mono applications always used to use GTK+. It may be worth trying to ask what alternatives there are. If .NET is a requirement, C# is going to be a lot easier to support cross-platform . VB.NET is pretty dead anyway, so it's a real dead-end. From a cross-platform point of view, Mono is being retired in favour of Dotnet Core but it will take a while. As an alternative, what about https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/ if you really can't avoid Windows? On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 at 11:16, Terry Coles <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> wrote: > On Thursday, 13 September 2018 09:45:10 BST t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: > > Well, that's a real revelation. Looking at the service host processes > > under the Windows task manager, there are a bunch of update processes. > > After 15 minutes or so these are done and the machine becomes usable - > > thanks! > > I have a similar experience with W10 on my Dell Optiplex (Core i7, 3.4 > Ghz, 8 > Gb of RAM). > > I only need it to do updates on my Garmin Satnav and view Solar PV > generation > from my eLink Energy Monitor, but unfortunately those (somewhat) niche > industries don't appear to know about OSs other than Windows and Mac (even > though their devices are almost certainly already running Linux). > > I f they wrote that Apps using web-based tools then they could be used on > any > device. As it is, people with tablets and phones and no PC are stuffed. > > -- > > > > Terry Coles > > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-10-02 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-10-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
