[X4U] Linux on Virtual PC

[Xavier Noria]

On Feb 15, 2005, at 19:17, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> Why are you installing Linux on Virtual PC? I think that would be 
> incredibly
> slow. You can get versions of Linux that are made specifically to run 
> on a
> Mac. Yellow Dog comes to mind I'm pretty sure you can set that up as a 
> Dual
> Boot also. If you want Linux (I have FC3 on a PC and use it as a 
> server for
> my Mac) buy a used PC somewhere they are so cheap probably as a cheap 
> or
> cheaper than a legitimate copy of VPC. You'll have a WAY better user
> experience that way and you get try fun things like networking it. 
> Linux
> will run on anything from a PI up you can't go wrong.

I know. But I just want to be able to do the exercises of a book on 
Linux assembler, test my Perl modules, etc. Those alternatives are not 
worth the trouble for such a simple usage.

-- fxn