On 11/27/20 11:15 AM, Michael via tde-users wrote:
On Wednesday 25 November 2020 05:18:53 pm Edward via tde-users wrote:
VirtualBox is all new to me. I'm just barely getting started with it to see what it can and cannot do. TDE/Ubuntu runs very well in it.
Hi Ed,
Do you have a VirtualBox tutorial and/or setup instructions guide that you used (and liked)?
Like you VirtualBox isn't something I've used before and I'm trying to get the wife to move to TDE, but she has 2 windows programs she has to use (neither run well under wine).
Thanks, Michael
Hi Michael,
I'm sorry, I don't. Oracle has a web site at https://www.virtualbox.org that includes technical and end-user documentation. Up to now, I haven't had the need to refer to it.
When I had Fedora installed, someone asked me if I tried Gnome Boxes (GB), which doesn't require Gnome to be installed, it works with any DE. Of course, I hadn't used any type of virtual anything before, so I figured I would give it a try.
Although it's very easy to create a box using GB, VirtualBox (VB) has more options. One thing I like about VB, is that there is an option to make the box automatically expand its size on the disk, if needed. As far as I know, the box size is fixed with GB when it's created. When I created my boxes with VB, I set it to use 4GB of RAM and 20 or 25 GB for the box size on the disk.
When installing an OS in a box and with the immediate subsequent package upgrades, it will run somewhat slower. I noticed that some of the kernel-related packages took a bit of time to upgrade. But Firefox and Thunderbird run fine.
The Trinity PCLinuxOS image includes the VirtualBox installer and was one of the first OS' I tried out in a box under Fedora.
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