Hello Virtualization Forum:
I want to stop using Windows 10 as my primary Operating System and move back to Lubuntu LTS. (I stopped using Lubuntu on my newest PC about 5 1/2 years ago.) My present "newest" PC is an ACER E5-575-33BM that is about 6 years old with Windows 10 Home Edition; Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100U CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz, RAM 4.00 GB (3.87 GB usable), System Type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor.
I will probably get a newer, but refurbished PC laptop and I want to run that latest version of Lubuntu LTS with Windows 10 running on a Virtual Machine with Lubuntu as the host. (I would rather not spend unnecessary money on Windows 11.) Information from a previous post on Ubuntu Installation & Upgrade Forum here suggested that I should really have more than 4GB of RAM and also that there may be other requirements to be able to run Windows 10 as a virtual machine with Lubuntu as the host, see this later page of the same thread. In addition, apparently Lubuntu may have changed in that in 2020 it switched from being GTK-Gnome based to being based on Qt (which what KDE is based on). So maybe going back to Lubuntu will seem significantly different.
(I used to use Lubuntu LTS all the time on a different older PC (a Lenovo Ideapad Y510 about 10 years old) and in fact ran Windows XP on Virtualbox (with Guest additions) with Lubuntu as the host. But I had some problems connecting the Virtual Machine to the internet and also to the CD Disc reader. As I recall I eventually got the Virtual Machine with Windows XP to connect (at least to some extent) to the internet and the CD Disc reader. But, I also ended up creating a "Shared Folder" that allowed me to transfer files back and forth between the regular real Lubuntu Machine and the VM with Windows XP. And that worked pretty well.)
I would like to be able to connect the Windows 10 Virtual Machine (on my new, yet to be bought, PC laptop) to the internet and also the DVD/CD reader on the new laptop.
QUESTIONS:
Does anybody have any suggestions as to the specs a PC laptop should have to run the latest Lubuntu LTS as the OS with Windows 10 running in a Virtual Machine (Lubuntu as host)?
How much RAM should I have?
Do you think that another version of Ubuntu or Linux that is similar to Lubuntu LTS would work better for me because of the switch from GTK-Gnome to Qt in2020?
Any other comments or advice will be welcomed.
Thank you,
A.
I want to stop using Windows 10 as my primary Operating System and move back to Lubuntu LTS. (I stopped using Lubuntu on my newest PC about 5 1/2 years ago.) My present "newest" PC is an ACER E5-575-33BM that is about 6 years old with Windows 10 Home Edition; Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100U CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz, RAM 4.00 GB (3.87 GB usable), System Type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor.
I will probably get a newer, but refurbished PC laptop and I want to run that latest version of Lubuntu LTS with Windows 10 running on a Virtual Machine with Lubuntu as the host. (I would rather not spend unnecessary money on Windows 11.) Information from a previous post on Ubuntu Installation & Upgrade Forum here suggested that I should really have more than 4GB of RAM and also that there may be other requirements to be able to run Windows 10 as a virtual machine with Lubuntu as the host, see this later page of the same thread. In addition, apparently Lubuntu may have changed in that in 2020 it switched from being GTK-Gnome based to being based on Qt (which what KDE is based on). So maybe going back to Lubuntu will seem significantly different.
(I used to use Lubuntu LTS all the time on a different older PC (a Lenovo Ideapad Y510 about 10 years old) and in fact ran Windows XP on Virtualbox (with Guest additions) with Lubuntu as the host. But I had some problems connecting the Virtual Machine to the internet and also to the CD Disc reader. As I recall I eventually got the Virtual Machine with Windows XP to connect (at least to some extent) to the internet and the CD Disc reader. But, I also ended up creating a "Shared Folder" that allowed me to transfer files back and forth between the regular real Lubuntu Machine and the VM with Windows XP. And that worked pretty well.)
I would like to be able to connect the Windows 10 Virtual Machine (on my new, yet to be bought, PC laptop) to the internet and also the DVD/CD reader on the new laptop.
QUESTIONS:
Does anybody have any suggestions as to the specs a PC laptop should have to run the latest Lubuntu LTS as the OS with Windows 10 running in a Virtual Machine (Lubuntu as host)?
How much RAM should I have?
Do you think that another version of Ubuntu or Linux that is similar to Lubuntu LTS would work better for me because of the switch from GTK-Gnome to Qt in2020?
Any other comments or advice will be welcomed.
Thank you,
A.