On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 12:18 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > A customer approached me about a specialty application > (aircraft transponder tracking) that needs Linux. But > wanted to put it on an old computer with windows on > it. He asked if you could dual boot. I said yes, > but it is froth with issues. > > So I was thinking of porting his Windows to qemu-kvm > if he really wanted Windows. But better yet, just > put in new hard drive and pack up his old drive in > a static bag for safe keeping. He has several > computers, so he can run his windows stuff of > various other computers. When I first got into Linux I set a dual-boot system, but I soon realised a few things: I rarely used Windows any more, and rebooting was a huge pain. It interrupts whatever you're doing, and adds big delays. I never got into virtual computing, or emulation, my PCs were too underpowered for that. And I haven't used Windows for probably over 15 years, so hadn't tried since. But, unless you really needed to cram everything onto one PC, it was usually far more efficient to have completely standalone PCs for each one (operationally, and debugging-wise). -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.76.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 10 16:21:17 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
