Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@LazloNQ says : Videos such as this are some of the most important one can have when contemplating a switch to linux. Just getting started is half the battle. Once someone embarks on the linux journey, this is an excellent way to start. I still suggest installation on a separate PC, but for just trying it out, it's a great and safe way to go. As others have said, having a linux box running windows virtually is more stable and the next logical progression until one can abandon windows and it's forced-pc-upgrade mentality. Thank you Chris.>> <<@RichardFraser-y9t says : Running windows apps in Linux next?>> <<@davidgomez79 says : Cool video. I have my machine dual booting Arch and Windows 10. I setup virtualbox to use a physical disk and it can run my actual run my actual Arch Linux drive but it is tedious to setup. You have to set the drive to offline and enable it using the dispart command line. It does allow me to run pacman to update arch without having to reboot into Arch though. It comes in handy.>> <<@trevorboys9140 says : Excellent video as always Chris. Have you considered doing a video of FydeOS? It looks interesting, particularly for older hardware.>> <<@silentios7336 says : Why would want to drive Linux in a VM on Windows? Better do it the other way around. Or even better get yourself a "live" distro on a thumb drive. This makes no sense.>> <<@trnguy6137 says : Thank you! It's been some time since I ran Ubuntu desktop on Windows Virtual box but you inspired me to put Linux mint on.>> <<@tomholroyd7519 says : I run Windows inside Linux. Why would you want to do it the other way around?>> <<@MohamedBadawiEgypt says : Thanks .. But how to run full fledged Window 11 in Linux (Mint). Will be highly appreciared!>> <<@dwgray9000 says : Intresting. Can you do some of the other options, such as QEMU or 86box. They have the advantage of not being encumbered by Oracle.>> <<@privacyvalued4134 says : One VM you didn't use was QEMU. However, I can understand why you wouldn't recommend/show it: It is painfully slow because it emulates the CPU rather than taking advantage of hardware acceleration that might be available. And the command lines for launching a VM via QEMU are esoteric, long, and painful to type in every single time. VirtualBox is great for desktop OS emulation, but it is limited in what processors and systems it can emulate. For instance, Android OS with Google Play can be emulated with QEMU. Android Studio makes the QEMU experience less painful but it still runs really sluggishly.>> <<@weinbergfahrer4048 says : So informative, and 23 minutes went by in a blink! Thanks a lot for this video!>> <<@AxelWerner says : And if you are fed up with Microsofts crap and want total and maximum performance within Linux you go the other way around! DO NOT DUAL BOOT, Install Linux on bare metal and "maybe" use Windows on Linux within a VM, if you want or need to go "retro">> <<@HenryCavillage says : Good Morning my best friend.............>> <<@gheffz says : Nice to hear from you again.>> <<@UKprl says : I used (InnoTek) VirtualBox, VMWare Player and Parallels back in the day. Following Oracle acquisition it I'm pretty sure VirtualBox pre 7.x did not have a hard requirement for the Python components, and thought it bundled the Visual C++ redistributable (unless I already had it for other software). So it's pretty disappointing how much worse the Oracle installation process has become as first-time users could give up at that point. Also I see it still has poor defaults for VM Guest hardware - for example it chose a legacy IDE controller when NVMe, SCSI, SATA (or VirtIO) storage should be available and it could have adaptive defaults based on the chosen guest OS. For graphics while it shows the VMWare SVGA driver, better choices may be available there too. Currently under Ubuntu I use the KVM/LibVirt/QEMU system hypervisor platform, though I also have GNOME Boxes installed for user-friendly testing of ISOs such as beta releases.>> <<@zetectic7968 says : Too many years ago to remember, I got my first taste of Ubuntu running it in a VMware virtual machine as it would run Folding@Home more efficiently & quickly than Windows 7. A lot more use of the command prompt then but the forums were helpful in showing what to do. I will try to use Virtual Box to explore Linux before the end of the year. I wasn't aware that Python was needed.>> <<@hotdogcandy says : Great videos as always!>> <<@Link-channel says : 🐧 👑 🥇>> <<@legojenn says : Thanks for the video, but it seems like putting a Toyota engine and transmission in a Chrysler.>> <<@Ibrahimdude says : Greetings Chris. Good to see you👍>> <<@HKey_Root says : Great. What I particularly like about your vids is that they send my head in a whirl exploring the possibilities with my own devices. Thanks.>> <<@perrymcclusky4695 says : Definitely this video contained “wild excitement”. Looking forward to your next video!>> <<@rfxtuber says : The entire subsystem of Linux is garbage. it is simply for geeks and developers to tinker and hack alongside its privatized counterpart Windows.. The GUIs are haphazard, Illogical most of the time and stooped in command line and package dependency hell, with people who are attempting to create software that constantly attempts to find ways NOT step on its own toes caused by a culture of geeks and hacks, so called open-source software with a license of mish mash hell and attempts to have some kind of unofficial functionality supporting the windows O/S privacy platform nightmare of hell. In short… The entire OS landscape is total garbage… Its windows or nothing for the majority… In computing terms, the people behind all aspects of the modern O/S is fragmented, geek inspired, continual and constant tinkering of platforms to do anything and everything, jack of all trades master of none vibe, catering to the private for profit sector with Linux as the back stage support act. "Oh don't you know Linux is free...." No its not, its a development platform for the private sector, Linux is the private sectors toolbox. Has plenty of tools developing it. hahahaha>> <<@sly412 says : Back in 2007 when I started to use Linux when they forgot to send Vista with my prebuilt PC. Just downloaded opensuse and absolutely loved it however package dependency errors were very common and sometimes huge pain, now days I am using mint as a daily driver. Linux is very easy now days if you use it for daily tasks like browsing the web...etc. Apparently If you want to run GTA V you are out of luck now.>> <<@anonylesss says : great video and I'm glad you touched the WSL way! I've been using WSL on Windows 10 for a couple of years, it's working pretty great (nitpick - try pinging another machine on your network from WSL - it won't let you without sudo...) . as much as i know, you can't install GUI for WSL on Windows 10 - i've tried at some point, and nothing works. apparently, they made this a "Windows 11 only feature" . another thing, i believe i originally installed Debian WSL just by going to the MS Store and searching for Debian and clicking install. but it could be that there were terminal commands involved afterwards>> <<@MikeTsBees says : Why do i always read it Lin-ux in my head but i always say Li-nux out loud.>> <<@tw25rw says : If I install Windows in virtual box on my laptop running Linux Mint, can it see the serial number it needs for the licence to work?>> <<@replikvltyoutube3727 says : Sir, you don't need to have python to install virtuablox to install Linux. It can be disabled by selecting python API and choosing do not install. It is used for automation through python code I believe, and isn't needed for casual user.>> <<@privacyvalued4134 says : The only reason you had to install Python was because you were installing Python support in VirtualBox. If you have no need for that, which most people won't, you can disable it during the installation procedure and avoid installing Python. PHP is better than Python for scripting anyway.>> <<@SwiatLinuksa says : Love format of that channel, thank you!>> <<@FlyboyHelosim says : Uh, I had no idea that Broadcom now owned VMware and no longer Dell. What a rigmarole to download it now. I think I'd be inclined to avoid that like the plague.>> <<@kevinshumaker3753 says : Great video, as usual, Chris! One other change I make to VBox settings is in Network. I change the Attached to: to use Bridged Network to get connected to the network directly, as I have weird issues with firewalls on the host interacting with the VMs. I also use Windows Hyper-V which has it's own issues and limitations, but, like VBox, runs a full VM. Another host you might want to look at is XCP-NG, a competitor to Proxmox, but meets more of my needs...>> <<@shawnvines2514 says : Excellent video. I mostly use WSL in Windows 11, but I had an issue where I was attempting to run ansible, which doesn't run Windows but does run in linux. The ansible script needed to access a service on a specific port in Windows, but that wasn't working. However, I used virtual box and was able to configure the port and ansible when running in virtual box could talk to my service just fine.>> <<@nathanslife2297 says : How do you extend the virtual hard drive space after you’ve made a VM in VirtualBox?>> <<@sharonwolff1 says : I see from the comments that you can do the opposite, that is run Windows inside Linux as a virtual machine. My ask is, is there a way to bundle up your current, existing Windows system in some way that would allow you to get it into a virtual machine? Seems you always start with a fresh install which is less desirable than somehow virtualizing an existing operating system. Also can you export a virtualized operating system on one physical PC and import it into a vm of another physical PC?>> <<@saucerbob says : Yorkie chocolate bar: does it still say "Not for girls" on the side? Anyway, a great video. Although I skipped the whole wondoze experience by transiting from Unix, through Zenix(s) to Linux. 🇨🇦>> <<@cmiltenberger says : Hyper-V?>> <<@brenatevi says : "Wild excitement" The first time I have ever heard a Linux install described that way.>> <<@commanderoof4578 says : Do you know a way to turn an old PC into essentially a USB drive so you can access any and all of the drives connected to it? I ask because 10gbps+ ethernet is expensive where as 10gbps+ USB is now standard on motherboards I know thunderbolt 3/4 and USB4 have or usually have the ability to directly plug PC to PC with the right cable But how about with USB 3 any versions be it 20gbps down to 5gbps>> <<@samuelhulme8347 says : Another feature of WSL is the ability to run Linux GUI apps on top of your existing Windows desktop and you can access files and programs from the Windows host inside a WSL machine.>> <<@vincei4252 says : I've been a ****** Workstation customer for over 20 years. I got the email from ****** telling me that they were taking over and I had a week to login to their systems. I didn't. Sure enough because I didn't comply with their demands because I was on vacation in the UK my 20 year old relationship with ****** is no longer available. I just tried downloading Workstation for giggles using a brand new account and all I've experienced so far is 15 minutes of frustration with still no idea how to get to their download page. They also ****** most of the Workstation developers so it wouldn't surprise me if Workstation degrades towards being nonfunctional in the next handful of years. Also, after the acquisition many enterprises have started taking steps to migratee away from ****** entirely because they have no interest in being abused by ******.>> <<@peterjansen4826 says : It is a good way to explore Linux while you still use Windows. Two buts. Many users think that setting up a VM is complicated, mostly it is not but there is this one big annoying problem with VM's, often it is difficult to get the VM to have the correct resolution (both Linux and Windows) and it is difficult to figure out how to copypaste between a VM and the host, but not difficult to set it up once you know how to it. The 2nd but: you will get a much better performance in most ways by installing that Linux-distro on a USB-stick but of course there also is value in being able to check out Linux in a VM while you still can use your host for regular tasks. The main point here is that you can only judge the performance by also trying out Linux via a USB-stick as the host, the VM will always feel more sluggish (there is very limited GPU-support for that) and have some other downsides (typically a lower quality of the sound) which could be even worse if the user lacks sufficient CPU-cores or set the VM to only use 1 CPU-core and a very low amount of RAM (2 GB or 4 GB) which sadly still is the default in both Virtualbox and virt-manager.>> <<@JohnPamplin says : Hyper-V? It's free and built into Windows, right?>> <<@fremenondesand3896 says : I don't have anything pertinent to say about the video, just that I look forward to Sunday when I get to see it. Reminds me of the style of the 1980's computer shows which, whilst before my time, I find interesting to see how terms have changed. We don't call them micro computers anymore, and Apple, Google & Microsoft would like to do away with the personal part of computing. Actually, there is something pertinent; Heard of PCem? It lets you create virtual machines with a variety of different configurations, and emulates anything up to a pentium 2 with a voodoo graphics card. I found it fun for making a windows 98 machine to play with microsoft encarta. I found mindmaze a fun game when I was in school and missed it.>> <<@daveginboav says : Brilliant as usual. Setting me wondering though as to whether CHROME OS or CHROME OS FLEX could be installed in VirtualBox?>> <<@StevenJennings-x8w says : Ahhhh - sorry wife and kids see you later - Chris is here with more Linux goodies!!!>> <<@Justin-Case-2.0 says : LOL, i just could need a similar video, just in reverse since i recently upgraded my lubuntu22.04. system up to lubuntu24.04. and now virtuabox doesn't work anymore, where i had installed win7 and win10 as virtual machines :-( Thnx anyway and best regards, hope i will find out how to fix it soonly by myself :-)>> <<@samuelhulme8347 says : If you’re using Windows (any edition greater than or equal to Pro) you can use Hyper V (instead of Virtual Box) it comes built in to Windows.>> <<@FlyboyHelosim says : Older versions of VirtualBox, and likely other hypervisors too, can run virtual machines in software so don't require CPUs that support hardware-based virtualization. This is useful when using older computers to test and run VMs. Another note is that newer versions of VirtualBox that do support hardware-based virtualization, but still older than the version shown in this video, also don't have all those third-party dependency requirements (MS C++ and Python).>> <<@MicrobyteAlan says : Very interesting and well presented. Thanks as always >>