I dual boot my Mac with 256 without much issue. I did with my 128 for a while on my old desktop with Ubuntu/Windows, but I didn’t really have enough space on my Windows partition to get any use out of it. Like games, GTA5 for example is 65 freaking GB.
I store all my media on my homeserver. But if I didn’t have that, I’d use an external anyway. I don’t like keeping media on my main machine.
Yeah, that’s why I was saying depends on use case. I’d never function on that little, but some people could with ease.
GTA V… I have so many people wanting me to take that plunge. Never going to happen. Timesink!
So when buying my next laptop, just make sure the harddrive is at least 256gb and I won’t have any issues when it comes to disk space? It’ll b e enough to dual boot and get a comfortable dev environment going?
I wouldn’t say any issues, but it’s certainly a lot more room than 128gb. If you’re in the market for a new computer and are a developer, you should probably look for about 8gb RAM if possible, 16 preferred. If not, make sure you at least have the option upgrade to 16gb later on (RAM is usually super easy to install).
You’ll want the extra RAM to run VMs the mimic your server environments, plus have enough room left for all your programs like: IDE, Editors, Photoshop/Gimp, etc. etc. Whatever else you use, web dev eats up memory.
Ah, I didn’t click on the link as I’m still at work and was uncertain as to what it was 
I’ve had issues where Windows struggled to get a device to run properly, call it a bad drive from company X or what-have-you, but the issue definitely still exists. It is just less common. The latest thing is crappy software by the vendor. HP and Lenovo lately have been doing a superior job of keeping me away from Windows
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I tried both options but neither worked
I have posted the question both on the LinuxMint and CodeIgninter Forums.
Personally, I have linux in a virtual machine. It is more practical for me. I don’t need a dual boot and I can work in Windows and Linux at the same time
Just out of curiosity, what are you using to create your VM? I did install Hyper-V on my Yoga, but have yet to get a VM spun up with it (a time issue, more than a technical one (hopefully))
Oracle’s Virtualbox. It is free
That is what I use as well (even with Vagrant). I used to us VMWare Workstation? but eventually that became too much for what I needed.
John, can you give me more detail as to what is going on? Might be better as a separate topic in Server Config.
Yes, me too. Althought I haven’t had the time to play with Vagrant. I did install it though
I now have a VM, or at least I have now I’ve turned on the virtualisation services in BIOS. What to install on it though…
Depends on what the purpose is.
Server: Ubuntu Server, because why not?
Dekstop: Ubuntu or Ubuntu Gnome or Kubuntu or Linux Mint
Depends on the desktop that catches your eye the most. Ubuntu uses Unity, UbuntuGnome uses Gnome 3 (it’s actually quite a bit different than Unity even though the screenshots look similiar), Kubuntu uses KDE, and Mint uses Cinnamon.
It’s more of an exercise in VM curiosity, as I’m not sure I need either. I already have a physical Ubuntu server running 14.10, and it has KDE plonked on top of it. That said, that’s inaccessible to me when out and about. At the moment it feels like I’d get most out of the server, but without the desktop - it will force me to learn more CLI stuff on Linux.
I’ve experimented with Linux off and on. Windows isn’t giving me enough pain to be worth the effort to fully switch. I do realize that development workflows can be better accommodated on Linux, at least with open source tech, though for me Windows is where it’s at for .NET development. Python works good for me too.
Built a new computer from scratch (i.e. bought and assembled - i didn’t solder one together) for my parents and installed Ubuntu. Been perfect for what they use it for. I even used it for some 3D animation with Blender. It’s 3/4 years old and still boots in ~30 secs.
Haven’t had to worry about viruses either.
I find it funny that people are put off from linux due to it being ‘technical’ or not working with common software and then they buy Apple products which have all the same problems but a huge price tag.
I would switch to linux (i have dual booted for a long while) but i can’t leave Photoshop or Dreamweaver behind i love them too much
Well to he fair, I’ve updated GFX drivers on Linux on 2 different distros that caused me to boot to a black screen. I had to make changes to the MBR to roll back to fix it. (Mint 13 or 14 and early Ubuntu 14.04)
If I boot to a black screen on my Mac, I’m calling customer service and bitching. Not that it would, since it’s heavily controlled hardware, that should never happen.
I probably was being a bit hard on apple but pretty sure all the people who had auto updates which messed up their iphones wouldn’t agree it was as heavily controlled as it should be. Just google Iphone update issues. I have seen more and more articles about apple products not working as they should failing after updates and losing stuff. I’m pretty sure they had to tell users to use google maps the other day as their mapping software was failing.
If my software is going to mess up i’d rather it was free
It’s only because of software I don’t use Linux at a daily basis.
