On 01/14/2015 10:29 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Windows 7 or 8 for a long term virtual guest? Which is more > Virtualbox compatible and less dancing-paperclip disgusting?
I can't speak to Windows 8, but I have been successfully using Windows 7 running virtually in VirtualBox to be able to run Transcription Gear's GearPlayer 4 transcription playback software. My understanding is that Win 8 went the route Ubuntu did with Unity and is aimed at tablets. I have not had any issues with dancing paper clips, or the like. From a user interface perspective I'm not finding much difference between Win 7 and Gnome (fallback version, whatever that's currently called) on Ubuntu 12.04. > <snip> > > So - to run only occasionally as a Virtualbox guest, which > version of Windoze? What should we be watching out for? > We must dance with the devil, but in a very limited way. The only thing I get bitten by is when Windows decides it needs to install updates overnight, which I could probably tell it not to do automatically. When that happens I have to restart GearPlayer and find my place in the recording, which I log every time I stop transcribing, like for lunch. But, if you're not going to allow Win 7 to see the outside world, and if you'll only be running it infrequently, then that shouldn't be a problem for you. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
