If you go with a virtual machine route you can also go with
virtualbox. it has matured well, and has some hardware graphics
acceleration. Also you can get a FOSS version that is cross platform.
so if you decide to switch you can save your vm's and move them.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Bryan O'Neal
<
Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote:
> I will agree with that as well. Unless you have a vid capture card or
> some other special hardware VM's are a much better option for learning
> Linux. And VMWare is supper easy
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
>> I concur.
>> I also strongly recommend running additional hosts as virtual machines
>> (either with VirtualBox or VMware Player/Workstation) instead of dual
>> booting. VMs are much nicer to use.
>> --
>> -Eric 'shubes'
>>
>> Bryan O'Neal wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree - The SuSE, RedHat (Fedora), and Debian (Ubuntu) branches are
>>> quite different but all very good. See which one you like best.
>>> Personally I loved SuSE at first but could not spend the time to learn
>>> it as well as Fedora or Ubuntu. And, well, Ubuntu just amazes me at
>>> how simple it can be for simple things, like printing, so it get heavy
>>> props.
>>> For servers I am almost pure RedHat (Cent OS to be specific) for
>>> desktops I have one Ubuntu and one Fedora on my desk. I use them both
>>> equally.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Mark Phillips
>>> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am partial to Debian. I have it running on a a 64bit Dell laptop for
>>>> about
>>>> 6 months with no problems. I also run Windows 7 Pro as a virtual machine.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM, mike Enriquez <mylinux@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am planning to build a dual boot workstation. It will a 64bit computer
>>>>> with Windows 7 pro but I have yet to select a linux distro.
>>>>> I am open to any suggestions. Which linux distro would you use. My only
>>>>> requirement is that it further my linux education.
>>>>> I am willing to try any Linux Distro in workstation or server version.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also what would you put into your 64 bit computer? I am planning to use
>>>>> an
>>>>> i7 extreme processor on an MSI X58 pro-E motherboard. Ram is going to be
>>>>> DDR3 1600 MHz.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am open to any ideas. Please send me your ideas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Enriquez
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