On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:04:51AM -0400, Septymus Spyder wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> The information below is only my opinion.
>
> 1. Download and burn ISO copies of Linux versions that allow you to run off CD.
>
> This trend was started (I believe) by Knoppix, the original Live CD. Essentially what you can do is run everything off CD, without impacting your hardware in any way.
>
I think you're right about Knoppix, but regardless, the vast majority of
distributions do have a live CD.
> 3. Use virtualization software such as VMWare or VirtualBox
>
On occasion, such as the current Fedora Beta, it won't run in VirtualBox
though it may run fine if actually installed. (At least, several
people have reported this to be the case, it's been my own experience,
and on the testing list one of the main QA people mentioned that it
hadn't been tested.)
I also couldn't get it to run in VMware-player or KVM-qemu, though
others have gotten said beta to run in qemu. I just mention this, as
sometimes, one might find that using virtualization doesn't give an
accurate picture. It may be that the Ubuntu based distributions pay
more attention to whether or not it works in VBox.
> Either VMWare or VirtualBox allow you to use your operating systems simultaneously, while Wubi requires that you boot into the operating system of choice and use it exclusively.
>
See above--in most cases that's quite correct, but it may not be.
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