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I started using L-Ubuntu inside Virtualbox a while ago and I really like it: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu It doesn't have much (any?) eye-candy, but it is lightweight and has up-to-date versions of standard Ubuntu packages. Linux Mint is a good choice too, BTW. -Shankar On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo at gmail.com> wrote: > Aldo, > > I like Jerry's suggestion. ?Give Linux Mint a shot. ?It's got a pretty > interface. ?According to this site Mint comes preloaded with flash: > http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_julia_whatsnew.php > > Chris > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote: > >> On 03/05/2012 11:20 AM, aldo albanese wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I would like to use a light Linux Distro that I can use within Oracle VM >> box. ?My intend is to use it exclusively for browser activities without >> worry about getting a virus. It should be fast to load and should have all >> the built in applications like Adobe Flash. ?This Distro should work well >> inside the VM using a 15 Inc. screen laptop. ?I have issues with all the >> distros that I'm testing fitting the entire screen. ?Right now tested >> OpenSuse and Fedora. >> > >> > Thanks for your input. >> I've used Fedora, OpenSuse, and Ubuntu inside VMs (usually virtualbox) >> both on my desktop machine as well as on my laptops. I'm actually giving >> a talk at Virtual Deep Dive day next Saturday, >> I've never had an issue with the distro fitting the screen. You probably >> need to tweak the Display settings as the default sucks. You could look >> at things like Mint Linux but I personally prefer a full distro. As far >> as Flash is concerned no distro installs Flash by default, but you can >> usually get it either from the distro's non-free repo or directly from >> Adobe. >> >> -- >> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> >> Boston Linux and Unix >> PGP key id:3BC1EB90 >> PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 ?C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > > -- > Chris O'Connell > http://outlookoutbox.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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