Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems
On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:34:17 +0200
john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> wrote:
> On 6/29/2021 9:07 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 06/29/2021 12:46 PM, ellanios82 wrote:
> >> On 6/29/21 6:36 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> >>> have dual booted platforms in the past, and would prefer not to
> >>> do so to solve the problems
> >>
> >> ....
> >>
> >>
> >> - juz sayin' : some years back , i had need for a Windows
> >> program : put Virtual-Box on Linux desktop : result was
> >> Alfa-Alfa-Perfect . . . no probs whatsoever : terrific !!
> >>
> >> ....
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Thanks for the reply and suggestion. As a matter of fact I have just
> > that on my main platform, running Buster. I can't say that I'm
> > impressed with the performance.
> >
> > However, I need to put a suite of Computational Chemistry programs
> > on my Win 10 Laptop, both as a backup for my main platform and for
> > traveling.
>
> Can't you have all required applications working on Linux?
> One option would be to have linux on your laptop and Windows as a VM.
>
> I find Qemu with KVM(linux) or haxx (Windows) better than virtualbox.
>
> That would take sometime to set up but would be less time consuming
> then trying to to compile linux stuff on Windows.
>
Most copies of Windows aren't licensed for use in a VM. Professional
and Server versions usually are. We expect MS to respect GPL...
--
Joe
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