Virtualbox would be best. Free (as in cost) and widely supported including on MacOS.
Any popular Linux distro will run fine, no need for a special image. Just the standard desktop iso. Assuming you want a DE. > On 16 Mar 2018, at 18:37, Edward Kerr via Peterboro > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would welcome keeping the list open. I rarely use Linux now (Mac instead) > but i hope to start again, if only in a VM. (Whether to not I succeed only > time will tell) > > I had already assumed that if I got stuck and could not find the answer > elsewhere, that the PLUG would be there to help. > > However do not keep it open for this reason - I may never get round to it! > > 😃 HOWEVER …. What VM player would you suggest on a Mac, and where would I > find ready made ISO’s to run it it? 😀 I wold be looking to running a Linux > version. > > > > > > Edward Kerr > ----------------- > >> On 15 Mar 2018, at 20:53, B D via Peterboro <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I do concur with both George and Mark, >> >> since we don't have a chance to get together to discuss what is our hobby, >> we have very little chance to actually make a solid community. I, like >> majority here, became a desktop user who does experience very little issues >> from now very reliable and well documented OS like Ubuntu/Mint. It makes >> almost no sense to ask technical questions on PLUG list due to the fact that >> so much tech advice is available to hand on many forums. >> >> I don't have time to actively take part in PLUG as daily commute, family >> life and recently MCSA preparation take up most of my "free" time. I would >> opt for this list to stay open and maybe think of a way to >> popularize/advertise it existence to other possible users. >> >> With many people experiencing lots of issues from Win10 (updates, system >> crashes, etc.) there is still area where linux could prove useful and >> attractive. >> >> It's hard not to agree that desktops and possibly even laptops fall from >> grace in recent years. More people moved to so much easier touch screen >> devices (SMARTphones, tablets) as they don't require/allow for any system >> interference/malfunction. Everyone is happy if they can install an app from >> an app store, who this days thinks about OS updates!? >> >> Keep the mailing list open... in 10 years time, when my kids as youth will >> not won't to talk to me; when my wife will meet with her friends on regular >> bases I'll take over and the Linux community in Peterborough will thrive >> again. That's all providing that I'll get a different job and IT will be my >> hobby once again. >> >> Also did you noticed that a computer fair has popped up in Peterborough? >> Earlier in Feb and last weekend there was a relatively big IT fair in Queen >> Katharine Academy, maybe that is an reoccurring event? Old event poster: >> http://www.qka.education/calendar/?calid=1&pid=3&viewid=1&event=29 >> >> @Mark >> To answer your question from ALUG regarding the boot to a single >> application, you can try something called DietPi. OS that has an in built >> boot selection from friendly looking blue/white command line prompts. If >> that's not what you are after you can use LXDE and something like that: >> https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=90754 >> obviously this will be less complicated as you want to start a browser >> rather than presentation(+ ppt conversion). >> >> >> cheers, >> Bart >> >> >> 2018-03-13 22:41 GMT+00:00 Chris Sandles via Peterboro >> <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk>: >>> Hi Mark >>> >>> I'm still happy to receive posts from Peterborough LUG, although I seldom >>> need to write them any more. I think this is probably more to do with the >>> maturity of Linux-based systems these days, where all the headaches and >>> compatibility problems of the past are largely forgotten. Nowadays, >>> everything pretty much works and very rarely do I have an issue that >>> creates a real problem. That said, I speak purely as a desktop user. I >>> started using Linux around 2006 when I tried Fedora Core 6 from a Linux >>> magazine coverdisk. I was so impressed with this "new frontier" of >>> computing, I pretty much ditched Windows XP within a few years of >>> multibooting, and since 2008 have used various distros exclusively. My >>> early days were plagued with the type of problems average Windows users >>> would never have come across (missing or non-existent hardware drivers, >>> software incompatibilities when it came to file formats, missing features >>> or software to do certain jobs). On the other hand, blue screens of death >>> became a thing of the past and feeling part of a community that knew it was >>> on to something quite special. >>> >>> That rose-tinted glow has admittedly faded a little in recent years as I >>> have simply become accustomed to using Linux day-in, day-out. For the most >>> part everything works, and I don't chop and change distros like I used to. >>> I probably use the same software and rarely experiment unless looking for a >>> solution to a problem (ie. whilst learning accountancy using a study book >>> based on MS Excel, trying to find certain equivalent features in >>> LibreOffice and Gnumeric is occasionally a challenge!). >>> I think it used to be something of a challenge to try and encourage Windows >>> users to try Linux, especially with said issues mentioned above, but these >>> days, the necessity to promote Free Software has been eroded by the advance >>> of smartphones and tablets. Ironically, many Android users are also Linux >>> users without even knowing it. There's still a place for Linux on the >>> desktop (and certainly in server rooms) but maybe it's not a battle worth >>> starting, let alone trying to win now. >>> I would like this LUG to continue though, and I hope that there are others >>> locally who might find it useful just to know there are other Linux users >>> out there, even if we don't meet up or socialise any more. >>> >>> Chris Sandles >>> >>> >>>> On 12/03/18 22:36, George Edward Fuller via Peterboro wrote: >>>>> On 12/03/18 21:03, Mark Rogers via Peterboro wrote: >>>>> Is this LUG dead? Pushing up the daisies? >>>>> >>>>> It's not a good sign when it's the person who manages the list asking the >>>>> question! >>>>> >>>>> Is there any demand for a meet? I know we don't have a venue (and I'm not >>>>> offering one) but is there any demand that justifies trying to find one? >>>>> >>>>> Are we all happy with using the list, and it's just we have nothing to >>>>> say? >>>>> >>>>> Just curious. >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Mark, >>>> I personally don't think the LUG is on a level with the Norwegian Blue. >>>> But with no social side, even an informal pub get together, it's difficult >>>> to encourage that sense of belonging, that keeps a group bonded. The >>>> answer to your question regretfully is that the Peterborough Lug is on >>>> life support, ‘condition critical’. >>>> Questions posted on the monthly board are unfortunately almost always >>>> beyond my technical competence, though I have been a user, off and on, >>>> since the release of Fedora Core 4. Not before that because I had an Apple >>>> tower at the time, sporting a PowerPC chip. These days I prefer ‘deb’ >>>> based distro’s over ‘rpm’ ones for simplicity of use, and currently run >>>> Linux Mint. >>>> I generally just use my system until something goes wrong and then search >>>> the web for a solution. My piffling little problems, usually caused by my >>>> own ignorance or stupidity, never seem serious enough to bother the >>>> professional system people who discuss issues way above my level on this >>>> list. >>>> Now retired I seldom do anything more on my machine, than keep my own >>>> personal records up to date, and of course, roam the web. >>>> I would like the LUG to have miraculous recovery and resurgence, and would >>>> like to support it, I’m just not sure how. Sorry I can’t be more upbeat >>>> about the prospects. >>>> >>>> Best Wishes, George E Fuller. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Peterboro mailing list >>> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> >> -- >> Peterboro mailing list >> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > -- > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
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