Well, he was already running Windows and he's still trying to learn Linux. thus my recommendation. But ideally, it should be the other way around - Linux first, Windows on VirtualBox.
But put yourself in a novice's shoes trying to find your way around Linux :) but I'm sure you know the drill. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Bill Oliver <ven...@billoblog.com> wrote: > > I've always done it the other way -- run Windows in VirtualBox on top of > Linux. I've never tried running Linux on top of Windows using VirtualBox. > But then, I almost never run Windows any more; I only boot it up when I > want to make sure a presentation I've converted from LibreOffice to > PowerPoint displays correctly. > > Is there a down side to doing it the way you suggest? It always seems to > me that Windows has been a resource hog, not too fast, and does some > intrusive surveillance; somebody always seems to be phoning home when I run > Windows. Would running Linux in virtualbox bypass much of this, or would > you just be giving Linux the efficiency of Windows? > > But, now that you mention it, It seems to me that if the down side is > small, using VirtualBox would be a really great way to "introduce" onself to > Linux without disturbing the Windows installation... > > billo > > > > > > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, hard wyrd wrote: > > Download and install VirtualBox then install Linux on top of VirtualBox. >> >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:20 PM, damando <ru4rl53...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I recently built my 1st pc with Windows 7 64bit. Can I also install >> Linux ? If so is there a detailed web site or document that I can >> read >> before I try this ? Thx in advance. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >> Users Group. >> To post a message, send email to >> linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.**com<linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com> >> To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscribe@** >> googlegroups.com <linuxusersgroup%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/linuxusersgroup <http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup> >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or >> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-**Rules.pdf<http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf> >> ) >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**- >> "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" >> >> http://www.webhostadmins.com >> http://www.madforubuntu.com >> http://baudizm.blogsome.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to >> linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.**com<linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com> >> To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscribe@** >> googlegroups.com <linuxusersgroup%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/linuxusersgroup <http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup> >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-**Rules.pdf<http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf> >> ) >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to > linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.**com<linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com> > To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <linuxusersgroup%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/linuxusersgroup <http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup> > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-**Rules.pdf<http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf> > ) > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" http://www.webhostadmins.com http://www.madforubuntu.com http://baudizm.blogsome.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
