I've always done it the other way -- run Windows in VirtualBox on top of Linux. I've never tried running Linux on top of Windows using VirtualBox. But then, I almost never run Windows any more; I only boot it up when I want to make sure a presentation I've converted from LibreOffice to PowerPoint displays correctly.
Is there a down side to doing it the way you suggest? It always seems to me that Windows has been a resource hog, not too fast, and does some intrusive surveillance; somebody always seems to be phoning home when I run Windows. Would running Linux in virtualbox bypass much of this, or would you just be giving Linux the efficiency of Windows? But, now that you mention it, It seems to me that if the down side is small, using VirtualBox would be a really great way to "introduce" onself to Linux without disturbing the Windows installation... billo On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, hard wyrd wrote:
Download and install VirtualBox then install Linux on top of VirtualBox. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:20 PM, damando <[email protected]> wrote: I recently built my 1st pc with Windows 7 64bit. Can I also install Linux ? If so is there a detailed web site or document that I can read before I try this ? Thx in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" http://www.webhostadmins.com http://www.madforubuntu.com http://baudizm.blogsome.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
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