On 12/17/2017 1:41 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 10:31:05 AM UTC-10, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>> On 12/17/2017 1:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:34:25 AM UTC-10, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well I gotta tell you, the GUI enhancements and command line banishment
>>>> of the new desktops are darned impressive.
>>>>
>>>> Ubunto, Mint, there's some good stuff out there now.
>>>
>>> That might be the solution for people with old computers that want to move away from Windows. I might try Linux yet again if a spare clunker of a desktop machine comes my way. OTOH, if I wanted a desktop system, I'd probably just dump the old hardware and get a Chromebox.
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>> Remember you can run various OS's on partitions using:
>>
>> https://www.virtualbox.org/
>>
>> VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product
>> for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely
>> feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is
>> also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open
>> Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
>> version 2. See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.
>>
>> Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris
>> hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including
>> but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista,
>> Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x
>> and 4.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.
>
> I have used Linux on a dual boot system about 10 years ago. I didn't like it much.
>

How about:

https://www.pendrivelinux.com/

https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-m...t-usb-creator/

https://www.pendrivelinux.com/put-ub...using-windows/

They work rather well.