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Old 05-23-09   #11 (permalink)
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Oh hai

http://www.virtualbox.org/

My name is VirtualBox. I rock.
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Oh hai

http://www.virtualbox.org/

My name is VirtualBox. I rock.
Sorry but Once again I do not want to run it using Virtualbox, VMware, VirtualPC. I'm just asking if I could install more than 1 Linux using "Install Inside Windows".

I guess no one on ocn has ever use this method to install Linux.. I'll find a linux forum

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I guess no one on ocn has ever use this method to install Linux.. I'll find a linux forum
Because the performance isn't as good as simply installing it.

Most of us here would rather:

A.) Install pure Linux for performance

or

B.) Take a performance hit and install inside a virtualmachine so they can use it without rebooting to use Linux


Installing through Windows is somewhere in the middle, and honestly I don't see a point to it except for someone who can't figure out how to just install Linux and can't figure out a virtual machine either.

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Because the performance isn't as good as simply installing it.

Most of us here would rather:

A.) Install pure Linux for performance

or

B.) Take a performance hit and install inside a virtualmachine so they can use it without rebooting to use Linux


Installing through Windows is somewhere in the middle, and honestly I don't see a point to it except for someone who can't figure out how to just install Linux and can't figure out a virtual machine either.
well maybe to you it's slow but my Dad's P4 with a 6200 Geforce runs pretty fast with LinuxMint installed from windows

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well maybe to you it's slow but my Dad's P4 with a 6200 Geforce runs pretty fast with LinuxMint installed from windows
In most cases, its just better to install Linux using a bootable device like a CD or a flash drive so that windows doesn't have a chance to botch your install.

But in the end, it IS up to you. If your looking to get 3 operating systems side by side [Windows, Ubuntu, and Mint] in separate partitions, then my suggestion would be to repartition your computer first, giving each OS some space plus a swap file the size of your RAM or a little bigger, then just boot from each distro's bootable CD and install to an unallocated partition. Idk if installing through windows does that.

Plus, from what I've been told, installing a filesystem inside a filesystem is like using 2 condoms. its just a bad idea.
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You can install more than one linux using "Install Inside Linux".

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Sorry but Once again I do not want to run it using Virtualbox, VMware, VirtualPC. I'm just asking if I could install more than 1 Linux using "Install Inside Windows".

I guess no one on ocn has ever use this method to install Linux.. I'll find a linux forum
I tried it, works fine, but not as fast as I would have wanted it to.
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I tried it, works fine, but not as fast as I would have wanted it to.
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