Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Using Debian to manage a multiple OS machine Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:30:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:30:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="faa1a301eb098e6b485aa6999a60c76e"; logging-data="607894"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Wd7WEc9mYcxCVilQxyf2GfaL0cqJKkWZZcR10XpwTZg==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:n71fuztsiwMWEG5+OvCCdmtImqM= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 06:53 this Wednesday (GMT): > On 8/20/24 9:29 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:51 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote: >> >>> In article , ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence >>> D'Oliveiro) wrote: >>> >>>> I think that after XP, Microsoft wised up and prohibited running >>>> consumer versions of Windows inside a VM. >>> >>> You may be mistaken. My employer has run loads of instances of Windows >>> 7, 10 and 11 in VMs, and some 8.1. They were Enterprise, rather than >>> Home, but I'd be surprised if that made a difference. >> >> Yes, it makes a difference. > > "Home" versions are badly crippled right where > you don't want them to be crippled. M$ is about > $$$ after all ..... > > I remember when M$ was celebrated, the developers > friend. THAT didn't last long .... > > ANYWAY ... usable VMs of most any system - CP/M > on up - can be made and run at this point. At the very least, you don't have to pay money to make Windows apps like what Apple does... yet -- user is generated from /dev/urandom