Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-05-02 Thread Eric Oyen
I did not know about that option. Anyway, I will see if I can setup something here on my Mac. If push comes to shove, I will just install a Linux boot system and use that as the host OS. Thanks for the info on the setting. -Eric From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, New technologies

RE: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-05-01 Thread Carruth, Rusty
[mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Todd Cole Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 3:30 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux I have converted several windows 7 and windows 2012 servers to proxmox kvm by using clonezilla (helps to add the kvm

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-05-01 Thread Stephen Partington
Does rdesktop -r sound=local not work for you? On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:31 AM Eric Oyen wrote: > Now, if RDesktop supported screenreader functionality or ported the audio > over to the linux side, then there would be something useful for me. I have > tried virtually every Remote Desktop package

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-05-01 Thread Eric Oyen
Now, if RDesktop supported screenreader functionality or ported the audio over to the linux side, then there would be something useful for me. I have tried virtually every Remote Desktop package out there at some point. If they cannot port the sound to a local speaker, then the screen reader is

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-05-01 Thread kitepilot
I've done with XP and 7. I haven't had the pleasure of dealing with 10 yet. I have also resized the Win partition and installed Linux along, then ran the Window$ partition from the bare metal inside Virtualbox. I could also boot Window$ bare-metal. I have a cookbook about it somewhere. The lio

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-04-30 Thread Stephen Partington
My eventual desire is to build a system similar to the 2 gamers one box scenario that LTT did. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:04 PM Kevin Fries wrote: > One thing every Linux user knows is that not all software is created > equal. While I find some of the standard tools we use (like InkScape, and >

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-04-30 Thread Kevin Fries
One thing every Linux user knows is that not all software is created equal.  While I find some of the standard tools we use (like InkScape, and Gimp) to be actually better than most paid options in Windows (sure some of the expensive graphical tools will exceed the Linux tools, but the mid-range

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-04-30 Thread Todd Cole
I have converted several windows 7 and windows 2012 servers to proxmox kvm by using clonezilla (helps to add the kvm driver first) For virtualbox I have used a vmware converter with success but I hear that Disksvhd is better. I added a youtube video that shows the basic process. https://www.youtube

Re: replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-04-30 Thread Stephen Partington
Lots of ways to do this. From mounting the physical drive/partition in your VM (kinda weird feeling but works well) to using various disk imaging tools. really i would do the research on your desired VM platform and make choices based on that. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 3:06 PM David Schwartz wrote

replacing Windows w/ Linux

2019-04-30 Thread David Schwartz
I have an odd question … suppose I wanted to take a fairly vanilla Windows computer with Win 7 ... 10 on it, like your typical Dell or Lenovo or Asus laptop or desktop; suck that OS install with all the apps into a VirtualBox VM; copy that VM off to a backup drive; fully reformat the HDD and ins