[Lilug] Question about Linux the last 5 years

Kewisch, Jorg jorg at bnl.gov
Thu Oct 13 06:34:17 PDT 2016


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From: Lilug [lilug-bounces at lists.lilug.org] on behalf of Robert Wilkens [robwilkens42 at gmail.com]


1. Is this still the case?  Is it still difficult to install linux as dual boot in a secure boot environment?

On my last DELL the DVD drive showed up twice on the boot menue: as a UEFI device and as a classical device. If you pick the right one (UEFI) then the installation of UBUNTU does everything right. 



2. Is Linux worth running these days or am I "good enough" just using the ubuntu subsystem in Windows 10 with Xming or some other X window system.

I am not a gamer, so the only times I have to use windows is when I co-author a paper written in MS word. Otherwise I am good enough to use linux exclusively.




3. If not that, for a casual developer (not a professional) would i be better off just running in something like VirtualBox?  The one disadvantage, is that i believe i lose graphics accelleration or whatever else.

I did not succeed to install windows in virtual box, it said It was missing a driver for the display and I did not spend a lot of time trying. But that would be great to have, I would never again have to shut down linux.


Jorg


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