Re: [PLUG] DUAL Booting With "Modern" UEFI & SDD

Sure. When I boot Linux on the hardware, and run Windows as a VM, the VM does not get access to any of the real hardware. This means, among other things, that you get minimal or no 3D acceleration, which makes a lot of modern UIs less responsive (Windows and some Linux WMs) to downright unusable (OSX).

Likewise, any other hardware present, fingerprint reader, Bluetooth, basically anything that isn't core hardware isn't generally going to be passed to the VM.

I generally have my dual booting machines set up in a rather complicated fashion, where both (or all) installs can be run "on the metal" or as a VM, so I can switch more easily. Last weekend I had a laptop running Win10 and running an Arch VM, this week it's back to the usual config, with Arch on the metal and Windows in a VM. It's a complicated install, but pays dividends in flexibility.

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Clay Wells <clayw@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:

On 12/22/2015 12:42 AM, Ira Laefsky wrote:
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> I have used Ubuntu extensively and am considering buying a new PC
> based upon the ASUS X99 USB3.1
>
> containing a 256 GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO as well as 2 2TB Seagate
> HDD(s) I need Ubuntu for my research, but unfortunately also have to
> use Windows 10 (preinstalled) for certain administrative and other
> functions
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> I have recently had the bad experience of losing a HP All-in-One
> installing Ubuntu 15.10 (dual boot) according to the instructions in
> the Ubuntu/Canonical Forum and am very apprehensive about purchasing a
> new PC workstation with UEFI and SSD and installing Ubuntu Dual-Boot.
> Could you provide me with accurate pointers or advice on these
>
> New BIOS/UEFI and SDD technologies, and the terrors of Modern Dual-Boot.
>
>
>
> I would be grateful for any advice.
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Ira Laefsky
>

Hi, In today's world of systems with 8+ core CPU's and 8+ GB of RAM, I
wonder if there's any real advantage to running a dual-boot machine as
opposed to just running a VM.?

Cheers,
Clay

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