I have a Win 7 VM in Virtualbox - only used for over the phone customer assistance. It will not upgrade to Win 10 saying something about the Virtualbox graphics card is not supported. Recent Virtualbox upgrades did not help.
On 28 June 2016 at 12:59, Jim Cheetham <[email protected]> wrote: > My understanding is that "Windows 10" everywhere will upgrade to "SP1" > and make this available sometime in July, but you may have to do a > specific switch-on. > > There are a lot of articles online about the preview versions that > have been seen, that are available to the Windows Insiders program > (which I think anyone can join, but I didn't want to do that) > > From what I've seen there are still a few technical questions, > especially around the filesystem that's provided (i.e. umask > differences, : in filenames, and so on), but on the while it'll be a > far better option than cygwin or (for many use-cases) a VM. > > -jim > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:39 PM, David Merrick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Jim > > > > That's brings in another question. Will existing Windows builds fully > > upgrade to the version where you can use Ubuntu? > > > > Chees Dave > > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Jim Cheetham <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> The next update to Windows 10 will allow you to install a complete > Ubuntu > >> distribution (without the Linux kernel itself, there's a shim layer > provided > >> by Microsoft ) and run commands from it natively; this will provide all > the > >> programming tools you would expect without the complications of dual > boot, > >> VMs and so on. > >> > >> The preview I saw doesn't handle Xorg, but that's already been solved by > >> Cygwin/X. > >> > >> So that might be a great new option. > >> /www.zdnet.comarticle/ubuntu-and-bash-arrive-on-windows-10/ > >> > >> -jim > >> > >> On 28 Jun 2016 5:42 a.m., "David Merrick" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Phillip Windows hopeless for Programming and can't easily change > HDDs > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:30 AM, philip <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 22:25 +1200, criggie wrote: > >>>> > David Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > > "criggie" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > Looking for an idiot proof way install Linux Mint on > >>>> > > > > > > Windows > >>>> > > > > > > System attached below > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > Your options: > >>>> > > > > 1* two separate computers Honestly - this is the most idiot > >>>> > > > > proof. > >>>> > > > > 2* set your computer to run some kind of VM environment > >>>> > > > > 3* dedicate a server machine to running VMs > >>>> > > > > 4* Amazon > >>>> > > >>>> > > Really? Surely the best way is to shrink the windows partition by > >>>> > > at least > >>>> > > 20 gigs and then install Mint side by side. The installer works > out > >>>> > > how to > >>>> > > leave Windows alone and the boot manager handles the rest. It's so > >>>> > > idiot > >>>> > > proof I have done it several times and never broken anything. I > can > >>>> > > mount > >>>> > > windows folders for data sharing. All this talk about > >>>> > > virtualization is > >>>> > > very cool but seems way over the top. > >>>> > > >>>> > > Am I missing something? > >>>> > > >>>> > Yes - "idiot proof" > >>>> > > >>>> > Certainly dual boot works well for many situations, but noones going > >>>> > to > >>>> > claim its perfect. > >>>> > > >>>> > My recommendation is two separate computers. > >>>> > * You can google on one to help fix the other. > >>>> > * Two people can use two computers separately, if required. > >>>> > >>>> Depends why you want the two os's. I have my HDDs mounted in > removable > >>>> racks. Plug in another HDD to change os. > >>>> > >>>> Phil. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New > Zealand > >>>> +64 3 488 2818 Mobile 027 663 4453 [email protected] > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Linux-users mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Dave Merrick > >>> > >>> Daves Web Designs > >>> > >>> Website http://www.daveswebdesigns.co.nz/ > >>> > >>> Email [email protected] > >>> > >>> Ph 03 216 2053 > >>> > >>> Cell 027 3089 169 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Linux-users mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Linux-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dave Merrick > > > > Daves Web Designs > > > > Website http://www.daveswebdesigns.co.nz/ > > > > Email [email protected] > > > > Ph 03 216 2053 > > > > Cell 027 3089 169 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Robert Fisher
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