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[Discuss] Ubuntu Install Question



On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 14:33:03 -0500
grg <grg-webvisible+blu at ai.mit.edu> wrote:

> How about the opposite?  I'm going to be receiving a windows laptop
> which I want to convert to linux, but I feel it's prudent to retain
> the ability to run the factory windows(*) that's already on there.
> I'd like to run that windows inside virtualbox on linux (rather than
> just dual-booting).

Windows runs poorly on usermode hypervisors. And the stock OS probably
won't work at all if you try to boot it in a usermode hypervisor.
Because it's doing all of the EFI stuff.

-- 
Rich Pieri



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