Msg: Re: OT: Windows 10 free upgrade

Kari,

I thought I would take Zorin for a test drive, but they want

40 bucks upfront, which is very inconsequential provided that

I turn out to like it. I found a source for a v. 12_4 x86 (the

only one that was compatible with a readily available extra

laptop here), and I ran it in Live CD mode. Based on that

very limited exposure, I wasn't especially impressed. This

distro is supposed to have a Windows interface you can try,

but maybe that was only as of the much newer v. 15 'Ultimate' ?

This could also be true for a number of other announced features.

If that is so, I can put it onto a spare HDD and put that into a

spare x64 desktop rig, to check out. Being able to install and

run Win apps -- sans a lot of ultra-techie maneuvering -- is apt

to be key. Or maybe that is something better left to the VM ?

Jordan

On Saturday, July 6, 2019, 3:43:15 AM PDT, Kari Eveli <lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jordan,

> So you choose Virtualbox over VMWare ? Is it just a matter of
> what you happen to be running / emulating, or are there additional
> reasons ?

VMWare is a bit too stodgy, and has some issues with CentOS. For
example, I could not get sound working with VMWare.

If you want to try CentOS in a virtual machine, I would suggest a
ready-to-use Browser Appliance. I have CentOS 7.5 (64 bit), May 10, 2018
Firefox ESR 52.8 from http://browser.shell.tor.hu/ which I have updated
using Multimedia setup from
https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/MultimediaOnCentOS7 (did steps
1,2,3 flash, vlc, smplayer). I added a normal user 'vbox' (adduser
command), set up passwords for 'root' and 'vbox', and updated Firefox to
current version. Works great on top of Win7 under Virtualbox.

Zorin is a Win7 lookalike. You can run vDosPlus XyWrite in any Windows
virtual environment. It does not add much overhead. I have it in W2K
(not very pretty, but snappy!). Windows 2000 can run a wide gamut of
DOS/Win programs (DOS, Win 3.1, Win 32-bit) very fast. If you have the
resources, Win7 64-bit runs, of course, modern apps fancier as a virtual
machine, but fails on DOS and Win 3.1.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx

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