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   AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:09:35 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

   OK, coder peeps, I open the floor to you.

   I want to run Linux distros alongside my Windoze 11 base. Mostly, Ubuntu, Mint, and maybe Arch for fun and laughs.

   Can't do dual boot because my lapper is HP with an Optane memory module, and there's no way to disable it. That leaves either WSL2 or virtual with persistence via VMware or VirtualBox. (I'm running Windoze 11 Pro, so I can activate Hyper-V, but vhd/vhdx files don't play nice with Linux distros.)

   Any suggestions??

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:23:45 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     • Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

     @lightweight

     That's an option I originally considered, but because of the Optane-Rapid Storage Technology hardwired into my HP system, it would be a major beyayayatch to disable RST-Optane and nuke my entire hard drive just to install Ubuntu stand alone. Plus, while Windoze can be the Gradpapa of PITAs, it still has its positives for an average noob user like me.

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     Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:23:53 JST Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

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     @AnthonyJK I'd run Linux on the hw and use Virtual Box for Windows 11.

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:39:44 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     • ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

     @chiraag

     VirtualBox is pretty good; I'm more of a VMware guy myself, but mileage still varies.

     What about proxmox?? Is that Windoze compatible, or Linux only?

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     ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him) (chiraag@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:39:45 JST ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

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     @AnthonyJK I'd recommend virtual with VirtualBox (I'd normally recommend qemu, but that might be Linux-only lol). Personally a big fan of Debian (sid/experimental).

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:44:42 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     BTW....a side inquiry: Is it possible to disable Bitlocker to the point that it's not automatically installed and activated with every Windoze update? I assume that the same activation keys would be compatible with each update, right?

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     Groink (groink@techhub.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:50:51 JST Groink

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     @AnthonyJK I've tried using WSL, and I've heard people say, "Oh, it's gotten way better!". But there are some things, like Yubikey pass through or doing not-usual network things that are difficult to configure -- at least for me.

     My answer is to have a NUC and a KVM switch. Not elegant, I know.

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:50:51 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     • Groink

     @groink

     I had WSL2 running the latest Ubuntu distro; it was nice. Then again, I'm rolling with 4TB of storage in my base SSD, and 32GB of RAM memory, not to mention the 32GB of Optane memory as my RST cache. Only issue I had with WSL2 was locating an effective GUI to run it in. I can learn CLI, but I'm lazy in my old age.