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Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Running Linux in Windows: Learn Linux in a Virtual Machine" video.
This is the best way to learn any OS. Most modern VM systems will have some ability to snapshot or export a system at will. It allows for a ton of screwing around without risking actually doing any sort of longterm damage. The number of times that I personally had to reinstall DOS because I did things like accidentally delete the . or .. files was significant. But, I did gain a ton of confidence knowing that it was pretty hard to do any long term damage to the computer, just to the files.
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@apveening That's overkill, I just use PuTTY if that's what I need to do. Or, something like VPN with VNC that allows for more types of interfaces to be used.
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@keepsformat Yes, although that can vary a lot. Some programs mostly just work, and some require a ton of futzing around with configuration files to get them to work.
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@smada36 VirtualBox allows you to set the GPU memory. However, I can't set it to 100% of the GPU's memory, it looks like I'm limited to a quarter of the total as I've got 512mb or memory, but VirtualBox is limiting me to 128mb.
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