[Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

[lconrad at laymusic.org (Laura Conrad)]

I'm having trouble.  I think my current roadblock means I need to buy
some (cheap) hardware (1), but I'm wondering if instead of the dual boot
I've always used before, a VPN solution wouldn't make more sense in this
day and age.

Does anyone run linux (preferably an Ubuntu variant, but I'm not
bigoted) as a guest in a Windows 8.1 VPN? If so, are there good
directions somewhere?

(1) It looks like the machine won't boot from the SD card reader, even
with boot from USB enabled, and it looks like the only SD-USB drive
adaptor I can find isn't working, so I need to get another one.

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...in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made
up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are
taught essay-writing. The difference is that people want to hear the
stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the
essays.

C. S. Lewis, _The Horse and His Boy_