On 31/10/2018 13:09, David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 05:34:26AM +0000, Geoff Smith wrote:
I am at a loss to understand why anyone uses dual-booting, it's an
archaic method. I gave it up a decade ago to enjoy the advantages of
using VMs.
It's still useful when you want to run software that really cares about
timing (video games, music and video production, controlling external
hardware), or needs to talk directly to hardware such as drivers for
obscure equipment.
My reasons for dual booting are
1. To learn about Linux
2. To escape the slowness of Windows 10, in particular the absurd delay
in resuming from Sleep mode
3. To be able to continue to use not so obscure devices for which there
are no Linux drivers or drivers with reduced functionality
4. To run some software only written for Windows
I can't see how a VM would help with 2 or 3.
Best wishes
Richard
_______________________________________________
get_iplayer mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
