Re: Request virtualbox setup advice

2015-08-22 Thread T. J. Duchene
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:56:39 -0400 Whit Hansell wrote: > Hey guys, > Been reading the virtual noob posts and a statement there intrigued > me. Someone said Oracle recommended using the virtualbox files from > their site rather than from the distro(Debian 8 - Jessie-AMD64). I > have used virtualb

Re: Request virtualbox setup advice

2015-08-21 Thread Whit Hansell
On 08/21/2015 09:00 AM, Eike Lantzsch wrote: On Friday 21 August 2015 10:33:23 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2015 20:56:39 Whit Hansell wrote: Please advise. I would love to have a good working version of Windows on my Linux box for the few times it is needed. I personally would a

Re: Request virtualbox setup advice

2015-08-21 Thread Whit Hansell
On 08/21/2015 05:33 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2015 20:56:39 Whit Hansell wrote: Please advise. I would love to have a good working version of Windows on my Linux box for the few times it is needed. I personally would avoid all risk of conflict and purge VB with your package

Re: Request virtualbox setup advice

2015-08-21 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Friday 21 August 2015 10:33:23 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 20 August 2015 20:56:39 Whit Hansell wrote: > > Please advise. I would love to have a good working version of Windows > > on my Linux box for the few times it is needed. > > I personally would avoid all risk of conflict and purge V

Re: Request virtualbox setup advice

2015-08-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 20 August 2015 20:56:39 Whit Hansell wrote: > Please advise.  I would love to have a good working version of Windows > on my Linux box for the few times it is needed. I personally would avoid all risk of conflict and purge VB with your package manager of choice before installing the u

Request virtualbox setup advice

2015-08-20 Thread Whit Hansell
Hey guys, Been reading the virtual noob posts and a statement there intrigued me. Someone said Oracle recommended using the virtualbox files from their site rather than from the distro(Debian 8 - Jessie-AMD64). I have used virtualbox in the past and had difficulty with I/O(usb) and found out