Re: Where to start: hardware and reading material
Bruce Clement <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Robin Paulson <[email protected]> wrote: > > that's how i understood it. your OS in one gigantic, multi-GB file, stored > inside an ancient, slow, decrepit file system. i recall hearing somewhere of > a ~10% overhead in speed through storing everything in that file rather than > natively. > > Yes, but. The original poster is new to Linux. As long as he knows there will be a slowdown because of the nested filesystems this could be a great way to learn Linux without worrying about tracking down and installing drivers putting aside what i said earlier about open drivers *, i think running a > unix distro inside windows is, well, a bit crazy. windows being the weak > link and all > > Long term, yes. As a learning exercise it makes sense. -- Bruce Clement Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement Directory: http://www.searchme.co.nz/ "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail Kalashnikov _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug