In 2012, I experimented VirtualBox with a 32-bit Pentium(R) Dual-Core T4200 2.00GHz laptop with 3GB of memory. To run Linux in a VirtualBox, the computer does not have to be powerful. If you have a powerful computer, you can setup multiple VMs to test the communications among them. You can test the communications between the VM and the host computer without the effort to setup a network.
In some cases, you will have to make a choice between Windows and Linux, but not both. But Microsoft made the effort in some Windows versions with some computer manufacturers to make the GRUB difficult. The GRUB is how Linux achieves co-existence with other operating systems.
It is not always trivial to set a dual-boot system.You can restart the whole process without any impact on your host computer. If you make a mistake, you can delete the VM (virtual machine) and its associated files. The VirtualBox is a perfect environment for beginners.The performance of a Linux system running in a VirtualBox has no match to a natively installed system, but you may still want to run Linux in a VirtualBox in many cases. I am not an expert on Linux, but I think that I have practically learned enough to take another note on running Linux in a VirtualBox in 2017. Although Linux is my preference, I use Windows at work to bring money back to buy refurbished computers and to buy carrots to feed my stomach. My wife and I use Linux exclusively on a daily basis. All of them are running in Linux with three of them being dual-boot systems between Linux and Windows. Four of them are bought refurbished through Amazon. I am not a rich guy, but I have five computers. For normal activities, I have confidence that it can outperform a lot of much more expensive new computers that use Windows operating systems. I also replaced the Windows operating system with Linux. I replaced the hard drive with a 100GB SSD which cost me about $30. It is a SONY VAIO with an Intel Pentium B940 2.00GHz x 2 CPU and 4GB of memory. I am still using one of the computers that I owned by the year 2012.
Even the people who are so interested in re-factoring other people's already functional programs do not have the incentive to make any changes to Newton's sentences. When I tried to recommend the one-bed-room apartment where I wrote my first note on Linux to one of my young colleagues, I was shocked that the rent price went to $1030/month from $680/month in five years, which is effectively more expensive than my mortgage payment now.īut a lot of things still remain the same. I bought a house in a nice neighborhood.Donald Trump replaced Barack Obama as the president of the USA. There have been a lot of changes since then. In 2012, I wrote a note on running Linux in a VirtualBox.