Setting up Linux with Virtual PC
Saturday, July 7th, 2007I decided to give a go on Linux as a virtual PC for my multimedia center that is meant not re-boot and just go in and out of sleep mode… In that sense having Linux running on the side would be a good addition, right? Wrong…
First of all I had a series of problems setting up Linux – it was by far not a one click procedure. These online resources had proven to be helpful at the time:
- How To Configure Ubuntu For Microsoft Virtual PC
- Ubuntu 7.04 and Virtual PC 2007 – Mouse Issue Workaround (sort of)
- Sound Blaster 16 card
- HOWTO: change resolution/refresh rate in Xorg
Most importantly there was a significant impact on the performance of my computer running the virtual machine. And this is a multimedia center specifically beafed up with plenty of RAM and disk space for gaming and such.
Overall I’d say it was a lost afternoon trying to make things work. Now that I think about it, Linux has:
- Limited support for new hardware drivers
- A small collection of video games you can play, mostly outdated
- Nothing on the multimedia side Windows products can’t do better
Why would you use Linux as a multimedia center interface anyway? (Outch)
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