I'm seriously considering switching to Linux Mint....
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:42 am
Right now I'm using Windows 7 64 bit on my desktop computer. Here are the specs:
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 245 31 °C
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz (7-7-7-20)
Graphics
Acer S232HL (1920x1080@59Hz)
ATI Radeon HD4200 (integrated)
Hard Drives
466GB Seagate ST3500418AS SCSI Disk Device (RAID)
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222AL SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
I really want to switch to Linux MInt but I have some hesitations.
1. Will I get better performance running LInux Mint KDE than Windows 7 and also less memory to run it? It has to be KDE for my wife who is used to the Windows look. I showed her others Xfce, Gnome, Unity, LXDE and she hated them all. She still prefers KDE because of the Windows look and feel.
2. I know Wine does not run 100% of all Windows programs perfectly and even if it does run it probably won't run perfectly either. So I want to install Virtualbox on my computer or buy VMWare Workstation to run on my computer.
Does anyone know if I run a Windows programs in a virtual environment that I will just see the Windows program and not the Windows OS? I think one of the virtual software programs called it "Seamless mode" can I do that with Virtualbox? Of course I will try Wine first to see if the programs I use will work or not.
3. Also regarding Virtualbox how is the performance? Do you think it will run good on my computer? By the way sometime early next year I will buy a SSD drive and make it my new boot disk and the older one to save data onto it.
I just want a very fast virtual environment.
4. I'm a online student at my local community college. Has anyone ran into any issues or had no problems when going to school with Linux Mint on your computer?
If anyone else you would like to share that will help. Please do. Thanks for reading.
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 245 31 °C
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz (7-7-7-20)
Graphics
Acer S232HL (1920x1080@59Hz)
ATI Radeon HD4200 (integrated)
Hard Drives
466GB Seagate ST3500418AS SCSI Disk Device (RAID)
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222AL SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
I really want to switch to Linux MInt but I have some hesitations.
1. Will I get better performance running LInux Mint KDE than Windows 7 and also less memory to run it? It has to be KDE for my wife who is used to the Windows look. I showed her others Xfce, Gnome, Unity, LXDE and she hated them all. She still prefers KDE because of the Windows look and feel.
2. I know Wine does not run 100% of all Windows programs perfectly and even if it does run it probably won't run perfectly either. So I want to install Virtualbox on my computer or buy VMWare Workstation to run on my computer.
Does anyone know if I run a Windows programs in a virtual environment that I will just see the Windows program and not the Windows OS? I think one of the virtual software programs called it "Seamless mode" can I do that with Virtualbox? Of course I will try Wine first to see if the programs I use will work or not.
3. Also regarding Virtualbox how is the performance? Do you think it will run good on my computer? By the way sometime early next year I will buy a SSD drive and make it my new boot disk and the older one to save data onto it.
I just want a very fast virtual environment.
4. I'm a online student at my local community college. Has anyone ran into any issues or had no problems when going to school with Linux Mint on your computer?
If anyone else you would like to share that will help. Please do. Thanks for reading.