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    From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to dove-net.general on Saturday, November 28, 2020 20:34:00
    Hello HusTler!

    ** On Saturday 28.11.20 - 07:49, hustler wrote to MRO:

    Hey. I just bought a new laptop with Windows 10 Home. I'm
    just glad I did the research before I made a purchase. I
    use software I can't get from Microsoft and I would have
    been pissed if I could only DL from Microsoft. The audio
    software I use is not available for linux so I had to make
    a choice. I'm going to end up dual booting anyway. After
    30 years of computing I'm still dealing with the Microsoft
    monopoly. It sux!

    I thought there were ways to operate both OSes at the same
    time these days. Isn't that accomplished using VMs (virtual
    machines)?

    Do you actually need to dual-boot to the other OS just so that
    you can operate your audio software?

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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Ogg on Saturday, November 28, 2020 23:43:25
    Ogg wrote:
    Hello HusTler!

    ** On Saturday 28.11.20 - 07:49, hustler wrote to MRO:

    Hey. I just bought a new laptop with Windows 10 Home. I'm
    just glad I did the research before I made a purchase. I
    use software I can't get from Microsoft and I would have
    been pissed if I could only DL from Microsoft. The audio
    software I use is not available for linux so I had to make
    a choice. I'm going to end up dual booting anyway. After
    30 years of computing I'm still dealing with the Microsoft
    monopoly. It sux!

    I thought there were ways to operate both OSes at the same
    time these days. Isn't that accomplished using VMs (virtual
    machines)?

    Do you actually need to dual-boot to the other OS just so that
    you can operate your audio software?

    There's option like Virtualbox for running Windows or Linux or vice-versa or there's now the Linux Subsystem for Windows.

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  • From Vlk-451@VERT/INREALM to Ogg on Saturday, November 28, 2020 23:23:44
    Re: windows&linux at the same time
    By: Ogg to dove-net.general on Sat Nov 28 2020 08:34 pm

    Do you actually need to dual-boot to the other OS just so that
    you can operate your audio software?

    It's becoming more common then is wanted for modern laptops to have some hardware compatability issues on linux, but from what I understand it seems to be that SystemD is the root.

    Then again, I am very ignorant.

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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Nelgin on Sunday, November 29, 2020 07:51:05
    Re: Re: windows&linux at the same time
    By: Nelgin to Ogg on Sat Nov 28 2020 11:43 pm

    I thought there were ways to operate both OSes at the same
    time these days. Isn't that accomplished using VMs (virtual
    machines)?

    Do you actually need to dual-boot to the other OS just so that
    you can operate your audio software?

    You know. I'm not familiar with virtual machines. What would it take to setup? What software would you recommend? Don't I need to own a copy of Windows? Does setting up a VM void the warranty? I took everone's advice and purchased a Lenevo. What's the recommendation for running Windows 10 with my owned copy of Amplitube 5 but live in Ubuntu for working with the BBS? I'm all ears. I don't see how I can run a VM if Windows is preinstalled but what do I know. ;-)
    BTW the BBS is not on my local machine. It's on a remote Ubuntu server. I work with Ubuntu locally and remotely.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Ogg on Sunday, November 29, 2020 11:57:23
    Re: windows&linux at the same time
    By: Ogg to dove-net.general on Sat Nov 28 2020 08:34 pm

    I thought there were ways to operate both OSes at the same
    time these days. Isn't that accomplished using VMs (virtual
    machines)?

    Do you actually need to dual-boot to the other OS just so that
    you can operate your audio software?

    You can use a virtual machine to run a different OS, but sometimes it's better for the OS to have direct access to the hardware. If you're doing something that does heavy video or audio processing, you might want the OS to run directly on the hardware. For music recording specifically, I think there may be additional latency added with a VM, so it would probably be better to do that directly on the hardware.

    Nightfox

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  • From Warpslide@VERT/NRBBS to Nightfox on Sunday, November 29, 2020 18:04:00
    Nightfox wrote to Ogg <=-

    Do you actually need to dual-boot to the other OS just so that
    you can operate your audio software?

    You can use a virtual machine to run a different OS, but sometimes it's better for the OS to have direct access to the hardware. If you're
    doing something that does heavy video or audio processing, you might
    want the OS to run directly on the hardware. For music recording specifically, I think there may be additional latency added with a VM,
    so it would probably be better to do that directly on the hardware.

    Exactly this. I have a MacBook Pro and while I can run some games in Parallels on my MacBook, if I use BootCamp and boot natively into Windows I find the
    ames
    are much more responsive than running in a VM.

    Jay

    ... Police were called to a daycare center where a child was resisting a rest ___ MultiMail/Win v0.52

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