Linux users - Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" releaed

[Superfly]

That version of Mint is Ubuntu based and thus defaults as such - you can change the name on the next screen



and just continue as normal...

 

[SaggyMaggyPoo]

That version of Mint is Ubuntu based and thus defaults as such - you can change the name on the next screen

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and just continue as normal...

Thank you.

What memory allocation would you recommend setting? The laptop has 8gb. Is 2gb enough?

 

[Superfly]

Yup, 2GB is fine.

If you like there are some nice tutorials here - some may be a bit advanced but don't let that put you off...

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there

Note you can also BOOT a LIVE CD as an ISO on a VM. Then you can install from the live cd to the VM if you like the live CD -- you don't need to TOUCH your physical machine for testing Linux. You can do it all from inside a VM. This way you can test a whole slew of Linux distros and go with the one(s) you like.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[SaggyMaggyPoo]

Yup, 2GB is fine.

If you like there are some nice tutorials here - some may be a bit advanced but don't let that put you off...

Thanks, will have a look through these.

Hi there

Note you can also BOOT a LIVE CD as an ISO on a VM. Then you can install from the live cd to the VM if you like the live CD -- you don't need to TOUCH your physical machine for testing Linux. You can do it all from inside a VM. This way you can test a whole slew of Linux distros and go with the one(s) you like.

Cheers
jimbo

What exactly is a 'LIVE CD'?
I think we can also boot from a usb?

First, to get the 'accessing the BIOS to change boot order on the VM' challenge sorted (working on it even as I write)