On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:34:17 +0200 john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote:
> On 6/29/2021 9:07 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > > On 06/29/2021 12:46 PM, ellanios82 wrote: > >> On 6/29/21 6:36 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > >>> have dual booted platforms in the past, and would prefer not to > >>> do so to solve the problems > >> > >> .... > >> > >> > >> - juz sayin' : some years back , i had need for a Windows > >> program : put Virtual-Box on Linux desktop : result was > >> Alfa-Alfa-Perfect . . . no probs whatsoever : terrific !! > >> > >> .... > >> > >> regards > >> > >> . > >> > >> > >> > > Thanks for the reply and suggestion. As a matter of fact I have just > > that on my main platform, running Buster. I can't say that I'm > > impressed with the performance. > > > > However, I need to put a suite of Computational Chemistry programs > > on my Win 10 Laptop, both as a backup for my main platform and for > > traveling. > > Can't you have all required applications working on Linux? > One option would be to have linux on your laptop and Windows as a VM. > > I find Qemu with KVM(linux) or haxx (Windows) better than virtualbox. > > That would take sometime to set up but would be less time consuming > then trying to to compile linux stuff on Windows. > Most copies of Windows aren't licensed for use in a VM. Professional and Server versions usually are. We expect MS to respect GPL... -- Joe