> Hosting Linux on Windoze makes Linux less secure than Windoze. Same applies to stability. If your Win host goes down, so does your Linux guest (though you maybe able to rescue your VMWare images) Secondly, backups get more bloated.
Talking backups, I recommend http://clonezilla.org/ and USB drive as target. It also handles proprietary partitions well, not uncommon for labtops, as well as MBR, partition table, and hidden section after MBR. Having a snapshot of your lean, new Win laptop may ease your mind. - Horst ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, April 13, 2011 10:59:05 AM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] HOWTO Dual boot Windows Linux laptop Hosting Linux on Windoze makes Linux less secure than Windoze. The insecurities of the system will be cumulative. -- ... On 4/11/2011 6:17 AM, JS Kaplan wrote: > On 4/7/2011 7:04 AM, Harald Sundt wrote: ... Regarding Linux on a Windows PC. I use Ubuntu 10.04 everyday for embedded development. It runs beautifully under VMWare in Winblows XP. I can drag files between Windows and Linux. Download the free VMWare player and create a new virtual machine. Insert the Ubuntu CD and it installs automatically. It shares the Windows drivers so you get a working system (ENET, USB, audio, all work). Allocate 100G or so of disk space for the Virtual Machine. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
