You still have Windows to contend with. Anything run in a Windows host would be affected by that system. If it slows, becomes unstable, crashes, gets infected or gets fragmented, you are affected. Since VMs are such large files then you need to worry about fragmentation and take precautions. This goes for WUBI as well.
The good thing about VMs is that you can copy and move them which helps in such cases. When you run Windows in a Linux host you contain any Windows problems. For example if I get a virus, I can just dump my VM and use a back copy. Nice! Since Linux does not need to worry about viruses you lose this advantage when running on a Windows host. There are other alternatives such as andLinux which runs Linux not in a VM but as an application and WUBI which runs Ubuntu when you re-boot, but it operates from your C: drive without Windows. Ditto for the problems with these. The plus for andLinux is that you don't have to leave Windows and it does not require the overhead of a VM. The plus for WUBI is that you are running Ubuntu just like the real thing without partitioning. You cannot hibernate being the big limitation. Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and Free! <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! Follow LinuxCanuck <http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com> on Twitter<http://twitter.com/linuxcanuck> and Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/linuxcanuck> Chat [image: Google Talk:] linuxcanuck [image: MSN:] linuxcanuck [image: AIM:] linuxcanuck [image: Y! messenger:] linuxcanuck Contact Me [image: Facebook] <linuxcanuck>[image: Twitter] <linuxcanuck>[image: Blogger] <linuxcanuck>[image: MySpace] <linuxcanuck> 2009/11/14 Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> > Won't be too much different -- VMWare does a pretty good job of recreating > the whole experience. > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:52 PM, abhilash g <[email protected]> wrote: > >> well im runnin it on a desktop.plannin to use VM....!!![?] >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How do you plan on using Linux? Do you plan on running it alongside >>> another OS? Do you plan on running it in a VM? Is it on a desktop, server or >>> netbook? (There are separate versions for each.) Is it for a PC or Mac? Is >>> it 32 or 64 bit? etc. The most flexible and best supported are the *buntus >>> (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc.) It offers WUBI which allows you to install it from >>> inside Windows. >>> >>> Other good distributions to consider are: Mint, PCLinxOS, and >>> SimplyMEPIS. However, if you don't mind a steeper learning curve there are >>> over 300 others, each one offering a different experience. Popular choices >>> that are harder but great are: Debian, Mandriva, Fedora, Sabayon and >>> OpenSuSE. >>> >>> Linux offers live CDs meaning that it can be run from the CD. Burn them >>> to re-writable CDs and you can try as many as you want. You can also run it >>> from a usb key using Unetbootin or as shown on PendriveLinux.com (different >>> techniques). >>> >>> Roy >>> >>> Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and Free! >>> <*,)}}+< >>> Only dead fish go with the flow! >>> Follow LinuxCanuck <http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com> on >>> Twitter<http://twitter.com/linuxcanuck> >>> and Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/linuxcanuck> >>> Chat [image: Google Talk:] linuxcanuck [image: MSN:] linuxcanuck [image: >>> AIM:] linuxcanuck [image: Y! messenger:] linuxcanuck >>> Contact Me [image: Facebook] <http://linuxcanuck>[image: >>> Twitter]<http://linuxcanuck>[image: >>> Blogger] <http://linuxcanuck>[image: MySpace] <http://linuxcanuck> >>> >>> >>> 2009/11/13 cmcanulty <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>>> Try Ubuntu, free CDs lots of good features, great forum support >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > > Daniel > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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