On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 07:31:08PM -0400, Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Michael Galea via talk
> wrote:
>
> > On 04/11/18 22:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> >>
> >> Do you have a good example of why he would bother firing up Linux?
> >>
> >
> > I imagi
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:36:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:57:07AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote:
> > By now, you know 3rd contenders, VirtualBox. :-) But, since Hyper-V is
> > part of Windows10, just use that.
>
> Have you ever actually used hype
| From: Clifford Ilkay via talk
| The BIOS
| must support VT-x, too. The "workstation" type of notebooks should support
| it. Cheaper notebooks might have a CPU that supports VT-x but the BIOS
| might not. Hyper-V will not work without VT-x enabled.
I haven't seen a BIOS that stupid. I've seen
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Michael Galea via talk
wrote:
> On 04/11/18 22:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
>>
>> Do you have a good example of why he would bother firing up Linux?
>>
>
> I imagine he will want to run the Linux instance in the background so he
> can get access to a per
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:57:07AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote:
> > By now, you know 3rd contenders, VirtualBox. :-) But, since Hyper-V is
> > part of Windows10, just use that.
>
> Have you ever actually used hyper-v? W
On 04/12/18 15:58, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| From: Michael Galea via talk
| On 04/11/18 22:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| > Do you have a good example of why he would bother firing up Linux?
|
| I imagine he will want to run the Linux instance in the background so he can
|
On 12/04/18 03:58 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| From: Michael Galea via talk
| The course he is taken is in game design and it is mixed Windows/Linux, so
| what he actually uses the Linux for will be mandated by the school.
| On 04/11/18 22:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Th
| From: Michael Galea via talk
| On 04/11/18 22:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| > Do you have a good example of why he would bother firing up Linux?
|
| I imagine he will want to run the Linux instance in the background so he can
| get access to a personal git server.
I would *guess*
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 01:46:01PM -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
> I imagine he will want to run the Linux instance in the background so he can
> get access to a personal git server.
>
> The course he is taken is in game design and it is mixed Windows/Linux, so
> what he actually uses the L
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:45:47AM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
> If the linux on windows does not directly support a graphical interface then
> there may be other solutions.
>
> Once upon a time there was an xserver that would run on windows but I don't
> know if such a thing still exists.
On 04/11/18 22:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| From: Michael Galea via talk
The following is an idiosycratic reaction to your question. Not
exactly an answer and not exactly reliable.
| He can use both OS's but is probably more familiar with Win, and his courses
| mandate a number of
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 10:45 Alvin Starr via talk, wrote:
>
> Once upon a time there was an xserver that would run on windows but I
> don't know if such a thing still exists.
>
The vowel-free VcXsrv is still in (occasional) development. Works decently
with the Windows Linux subsystem.
Another po
I found a logo for a Type-C USB 3.2 device having DisplayPort capability
online. The USB 3.2 hardware is scheduled for distribution sometime in 2019
As Mailman drops image attachments from messages to this list, unless moderated
I think, I can't show the actual logo. Here is my symbolic glyph d
On 04/12/2018 10:30 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
For a lot of stuff the linux on windows feature in Windows 10 covers a
lot of use cases too. Not X applications though.
If the linux on windows does not directly support a graphical interface
then there may be other solutions.
Once
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 08:35:20AM -0400, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
> I too recommend Virtual Box, and the large memory you mentioned (32GB)
>
> You may have fun finding large memories: all too many devices have
> soldered-in small memory chips, to "encourage" you to buy a whole new
> ma
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:57:07AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote:
> By now, you know 3rd contenders, VirtualBox. :-) But, since Hyper-V is
> part of Windows10, just use that.
Have you ever actually used hyper-v? What an awful interface and the
requirement it puts on the guest is rather anno
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:27:17PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> The following is an idiosycratic reaction to your question. Not
> exactly an answer and not exactly reliable.
>
> I'm pretty lazy. If I were your son, I'd use just one OS until there
> was a very good reason to run th
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 08:05:19PM -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My son is off to university for CS this fall, and will need a laptop. I'm
> looking at purchasing one for him, so he can run Windows and Linux. I'm
> figuring on going the VM route.
>
> He can use both OS's but
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 09:22 James Knott via talk, wrote:
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> > Windows 10 has something called the Linux subsystem for Windows.
>
> However, unless I'm missing something, it's command line only.
>
You can do graphical things, but they require an X server running under
Windows. So the hassle fact
Many Thanks To Lennart, Bob, Giles and D. Hugh,
All very helpful. Lots to think about.
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As a result of earlier advice from GTALUG members, I have already prepared two
(2) USB memory stcks with bootable images, for verifying that the fresh PC
build can indeed (at least): 1. boot Syst
On 04/12/2018 12:11 AM, Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote:
> Windows 10 has something called the Linux subsystem for Windows.
However, unless I'm missing something, it's command line only.
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On 11/04/18 08:31 PM, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
On 2018-04-11 08:05 PM, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
A bit of research indicates that the two most popular free VM
contenders are VMware and Microsoft's Hyper-V. Can anyone recommend
one over the other? Are there better choices?
A third ch
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