[Coco] VCC1.41

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Frank Swygert <farna at att.net> wrote:
> What kind of processor does your Windows box have? If you've got a dual core
> (or any multi core) processor try running Linux with Sun Virtual Box
> installed. I'm running it on a quad core AMD processor with Linux Mint
> installed and Windows XP runs as fast or faster than any single core
> computer. I set the system up so that the VB takes over one core. You have
> to install an actual copy of Windows on the Virtual Box, but you don't have
> to partition. The VB software does everything for you. It can make a dynamic
> virtual hard drive that isn't a specific size, though I think you start with
> a minimum size and it makes it bigger as necessary. It's really just a big
> file to the Linux file system. I haven't looked at it in the Linux file
> manager to see what it displays as though. But it works flawlessly so far!
>
> I have WINE installed, and will check Windows software under that before
> resorting to the VB. But for software that doesn't like WINE I have an
> option! Don't know if the telescope software would work or not. Does the
> 'scope connect to a USB or serial port? If USB it should work...
>
> When you do take the Linux plunge try Linux Mint. Most Linux distributions
> only come with open source software, nothing proprietary. There are several
> proprietary codecs for various media files that are free to use but not open
> source. You have to find and load those on your own. The Mint developers
> don't have the open source hang-up. If it's something that's needed and free
> to use it's included. It's the most "plug-n-play" iteration of Linux I've
> seen! I forget who suggested Mint, but I think it was someone on this list.
> I wanted the easiest to install and run Linux possible, and that is it! I've
> installed it on several machines with few problems. One older Dell (P3)
> laptop had some driver issues, but that was due to an odd chip that the Dell
> used. I forget what it was... maybe video?
>

If you just want to use your computer, Mint, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora are
all fine choices.
If you really want to learn Linux, I'd strongly suggest you do not use
a GUI for at least a year or two.
Debian and Slackware are good learning distros, especially if you
leave out the GUI.


> ------------------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 09:50:56 EDT
> From: RJRTTY at aol.com
>
>
> Well I shy away from partitioning whenever I can.  I would much  rather
> buy another machine for dedicated operation which I could do.
>
> So I am not really "stuck" with windows but since I am already using  it
> (and I am basically lazy to boot)  I use it.    When I  get the time (my
> converter
> assembly takes all my time right now) I will probably get a linux only
> machine
> and take the plunge.   Some of the people I respect the most on  this list
> use it so it must
> be worth the extra effort of running another machine.
>
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