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Is virtualbox the best way to try a Linux distro on Windows before installing it as dual boot ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by x4740N@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.world

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I prefer to boot a live USB first to get a better feel

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

This one. Easier setup, cleanup’s a breeze, no muss, no fuss.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As others have said - Live USB.

Set up a USB stick with Ventoy and you can throw a bunch of distros on there so you can trial all of them without needing to flash a new USB.

Just put the ISOs on the Ventoy flash drive and boot into Ventoy.

[–] unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This - but I’d take it a step further and use a small-ish USB 3.2 SSD with Ventoy instead. That way, your live Linux experience isn’t kneecapped by having to load programs off a slow USB stick. In a pinch you can use a SATA SSD with a USB-SATA adapter too, that way you can cram a ton of ISOs on there and go to town.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago

A decent quality USB 3 flash drive will be plenty fast for a read only live boot.

[–] arniegeddon@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

It's a good way to try it out. You can also use a live usb or cd where you can boot Linux into memory and it won't affect your current installation.

[–] JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 5 months ago

That or live cd (well, most likely live usb nowadays)

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

Live USB boot IMO, you remove the virtualization performance overhead.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Probably, but there’s also DistroSea

[–] quissberry@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 months ago

This is what I did, and it did its goal in making me comfortable using Linux. However, like what others suggest, live USB is probably much more easier honestly.

[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I use VBox to run my PiHole for now and have used it to play with a couple distros side by side. I also have a sup'd up tower built from spare parts from work, so resources aren't a constraint.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

VMWare Workstation is free now.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Hyper-V is too if you are not on the home version of windows.

[–] somnuz@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My preference is „bare metal” approach, then I really know if everything is working as it should, so I had a separate drive for Linux installation at the beginning and got to my other drives by just mounting them as NTFS.

But, finally I am at the point of no return for some time now, the old Windows drive is not even inside of my PC and the other drives are ext4 already.

For a quick check Live CDs/USBs are totally fine but not fully representative.