1. I had a hard time to upgrade my tablet to Windows 10 this weekend, but because it complained for space even when I managed to free up 21.6 GB with tedious work (well above the required 20GB). It also restarts itself like 4 times during the procedure, that's very far from a one time restart of a dist upgrade. 2. On the other hand it wasn't easy to install Linux to my "new" second-hand machine, finally it's booting. I went with btrfs striping. 3. If you don't need native hardware (like GPUs for computation project), then you can go with a VM. I have dual boots on all of my machines, the downside is that one of the OS is dominant, and the other OS sometimes gets unmaintained.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 8:03 AM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps... but I would probably do it the other way around, i.e. Windows > installed inside Linux, just because I'm contrary like that. > > I probably should have mentioned that this is for a home desktop system, > not something for development or any "serious" work. > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> And in my case, I would just install Linux inside a VirtualBox VM. That >> would get rid of all your complaints. >> >> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, >> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all >> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and >> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all >> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG >> episode "The Drumhead" >> - Alex Smith >> - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) >> >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 7:36 AM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >Windows 7 doesn't have any causes to curse after. >>> >>> Agreed... but the mere fact that I have to do *any* of this makes me >>> curse. :-) >>> >>> JMJ >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Windows 7 doesn't have any causes to curse after. Windows 10 is a >>>> different story. However, you can install Ubuntu in userspace now on >>>> Windows 10 through official channels. >>>> >>>> Just say that magic word and all of you shudder in ecstasy. ;) >>>> >>>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, >>>> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all >>>> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and >>>> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all >>>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG >>>> episode "The Drumhead" >>>> - Alex Smith >>>> - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 6:46 AM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd be happy to avoid Win10 since Win7 works just fine for me. But I >>>>> must confess that it's tempting to have Win7 AND Win10 if I can get Win10 >>>>> for free. But that would just add layers of complexity and headache that >>>>> I >>>>> really can't handle right now. Besides, I probably won't have the new SSD >>>>> in time to get the free upgrade anyway >>>>> >>>>> So... >>>>> >>>>> The new plan will be... >>>>> 1) acquire new SSD (maybe Samsung this time) >>>>> 2) partition new SSD >>>>> 3) install Win7 >>>>> 3A) Curse >>>>> 4) install Fedora 23 >>>>> 4A) Curse a little more >>>>> 5) set up an automatic backup of some sort. (any recommendations?) >>>>> 6) spend weeks tweaking all the settings >>>>> >>>>> Thanks!! >>>>> >>>>> JMJ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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