Just FYI on the VirtualBox: I would recommend to change the execution
cap to 85% (under Settings>System>Processor). You can also set how many
processors you want to use.
On another note if you want a 'ready to go' setup I have used
Turnkeylinux.org pre-configured images. These are Debian images. They
even have a Core image. Passwords are set on initial boot. I would
suggest that if you use these that you make a copy of the image for
later reuse so if you screw up the vm while playing with it you can
easily "reinstall".
I have used BitNami images also but have liked the Turnkeylinux better
overall.
Cory
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On 2/9/16 11:09 PM, Rob Gibson wrote:
Like, Larry, I would recommend using a network printer and avoiding USB
devices.
I have 3 VMs running on my system, but I have 12GB of RAM. I would
disagree with the idea that you can use significantly less RAM for a VM
than when running on a physical system. You are still needing to store
data in memory. The only difference is that a small amount of memory
dedicated to devices drivers might be less with a smaller "hardware"
footprint.
I would certainly encourage adding additional RAM to that system when
possible. Are you running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows?
Virtualbox is the best way to go, although I have found some quirks in
the build from Debian, so I have been using the official build from Oracle.
It's not a bad idea to start with Ubuntu in these early phases, but
don't be afraid to experiment. I have been using Debian on all of my
personal devices (except for the pre-installed Ubuntu on this
workstation from Pogo Linux that has since been replaced with Debian).
I run Debian testing for workstations and laptops with Debian stable for
servers; I am going to be building a 10-node
Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana cluster for log analysis at the office.
Sorry if this message feels a little jumbled; I've had a long day at work.
Rob
On 02/09/2016 02:02 PM, Larry DiGioia wrote:
I use virtualbox all the time, and I have one production server runningTo unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the
under it. I use both Windows and Linux hosts.
I use it mainly for experimental stuff, because it is a bit
temperamental, but if/when things work out I can move them directly to
VMWare. It also can run P2V machines created with VMWare converter.
Updates tend to break it. Often. But I am always able to fix it, because
the community support is great.
The first thing you will see is how much less RAM a VM takes compared to
physical. Ubuntu guests shouldn't need more than 1GB, Windows guests
should start with 2. But only 4GB total is asking for trouble.
You have enough disk for dozens of guests. My advice is to throw an SSD
in there, it will speed up your guests 4 or 5 times faster compared to a
mechanical drive.
If you need to print from a VM, save yourself the trouble and use
TCP-IP. USB to VMs is very iffy. The shared folder thing works great. I
use it to store ISOs.
Kory Pounds <mailto:kory.pounds@xxxxxxxxx>--
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 12:04 PM
Everyone,
I have received enough comments against partitioning to where I will
start with virtualizing. This will at least give me a good feel of the
Ubuntu environment along with basic operations before I, somewhere in
the future, buy a laptop strictly for Ubuntu use. At that point I will
be a little more prepared for serious/complex installations, system
tinkering, compiling, etc.
Like Mike Bell suggested a while ago, I have been looking at Oracle's
VirtualBox here:
https://www.virtualbox.org/
First, how much have each of you used this and how has it turned out
for you? What are your positive and negative comments about it?
I have read over its documentation and am impressed of how it can run
different types of OS's as guest at the same time for different types
of host OS's. I am reading over the documentation and it has extreme
flexibility which I find attractive, and I am not even a sys admin.
My Windows 7 Pro 64-bit Intel quad-core CPU platform has a 1TB hard
drive and over 700GB is still free. As the documentation suggested, a
fixed guest hard drive space allocation is suggested. This is easy to
understand as there is less overhead and is more efficiency. So, for
starting out, what HD space should I allocate? I know it can be
adjusted later
The documentation states that a fixed RAM amount for the guest must be
allocated. I have 4GB of RAM. As of this writing Windows is using 2.78
GB of it. However, my 7 tabs of Chrome that are currently open hogs up
A LOT of that. For Chrome, each tab is its own process whereas with
Firefox everything is under one process. However, both browsers hog up
a lot. But I will probably put browser use on the Ubuntu side as I do
everything on the Windows side, for now.
So how much fixed RAM do you think I should allocate for the Ubuntu
guest? I know that fixed amount can be changed later.
Concerning RAM, will my Ubuntu guest environment use a little less RAM
than Windows with such things as browser use or will it still be about
the same? In other words, will an Ubuntu guest using VirtualBox be
more efficient with its memory use?
Also, concerning CPU usage, will the Ubuntu side be more efficient
with it and have less of a relative load on the processor than how
Windows does with it while running at the same time?
It looks like that with using VirtualBox, I won't have to deal with
hardware driver installations. I'll deal with that in the future with
a dedicated laptop and learning that is another personal desire. But
concerning software, will I still need to install Ubuntu versions of
everything? I hope so because I want to get as much of an Ubuntu feel
that I can. On the Ubuntu side, will I still sometimes need to compile
from source for a few things as they come along? Again, I hope so, too.
This just came to mind: what about printing to my Canon printer from
the Ubuntu side? I want to get used to doing that. What special setup,
if any, will I have to do to get that to work?
I also read that I can assign a shared folder. I love that idea as I
can point that to my user directory where I can access personal
Windows documents, media files, etc, from the Ubuntu side. What do you
think.
That's about it for now. Let me know what you think.
Kory Pounds
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