Windows to Linux

I'm thinking about switching to Linux. Specifically Ubuntu or Fedora. Anyone want to tell me why or why I shouldn't? Currently using Vista Home and I like it but I just want to see what else is out there. Plus if its more secure, thats always a plus.

>>40
It's free, for one.

If you're going to run Windows and Linux at the same time, you might as well use coLinux. It takes a few minutes of setting it up so it works, but it's a lot faster and requires less resources. And like a VM it can run from a file on your normal Windows filesystem so you don't need an extra partition. Did I already mention that you can give it access to Windows files and folders too?

>>40
VirtualBox has better performance. It's a lot sleeker and the responses are better. If you have worked with both you'll know the difference.

Also it doesn't have those dreaded timing problems on speedstepping CPUs at all, while VMWare just can't get rid of them. It's a really ugly mess, there is a 10+ page PDF document explaining the issue and offering a number of "workarounds". Some of those work to some extent on some hardware while making it worse on different hardware and so on. Bottom line: You have to try around until you get the least possible jitter and hope for your NTP client to be able to keep up.

As for features, you probably won't find much lacking in VirtualBox compared to VMWare. As a bonus VirtualBox has that "seamless" mode for Windows guests, if you're into that.

Oh, and >>41 of course.


>>42
that you can give it access to Windows files and folders too
Any serious virtualization solution lets you do that, no?

>>42
coLinux boils down to running Linux in a (half-assed) VM under Windows instead of running Windows under Linux. Why the fuck would you run the more stable OS under the less stable one? To have the downsides of both?

It is more convenient that way.

>>45
Except that no it isn't.

>>43
Thanks. I am gonna try that one out after I am done with my work in VMWare. I don't want to install and configure windows again. :)

The irony is that Linux works better with Windows networking than Windows

>>40
You're not limited to what virtual images you can find, it'll run whatever OS you have as an .iso or from a cd just fine. Also, seamless window mode is pwn.

whats a livecd, how do obtain it? do i just copy an iso to a regular blank cd?

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>>28
As of the the latest Virtualbox(1.5.6). Windows can not run any applications that require DirectX3D rendering while running under Virtualbox.