On Wed 30 Oct 2019 20:49:21 NZDT +1300, Helmut Walle wrote: > Have you considered just leaving the Windows system and partitioning as is, > and setting up a > Linux VM running on VirtualBox, for example? Depending on the kind of > diagnostics that you need
That approach has some serious downside: You are handing over control and integrity of your Linux system (in its VM) to the foundations it runs on, i.e. Microsoft. Some people find that not acceptable on ethical, political, or technical grounds (or all of them), especially given that it is impossible to turn off Microsoft's system sending all sorts of unspecified and unverifiable information from your computer to Microsoft. Yes, true, the current windows OS sends unknown quantities of data to Microsoft on a permanent basis, and you can't turn that off. If you only need to connect to outdated equipment on your employer-supplied systems then of course you don't have a problem. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.top.geek.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
