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  • Re: M3 with Ubuntu under VMWare Fusion (Player)

    From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sat Nov 18 01:07:38 2023
    On 2023-11-18, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    Downloaded the free version (personal use declaration) of VMWare Fusion Player.

    Installed.

    DL'd Ubuntu for ARM as an ISO.

    Dropped that into the Fusion installer.

    Fastest OS installation I've ever seen. Lickity-split - near instant.

    Ubuntu seems to work fine, but I'll have to play some more with it and install some useful things first.

    Should I get Win 11 for ARM? Don't see any reason to other than curiosity.

    I would try it. I haven't actually purchased an M-anything Mac yet. But
    the day is coming...

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 19:35:26 2023
    Downloaded the free version (personal use declaration) of VMWare Fusion
    Player.

    Installed.

    DL'd Ubuntu for ARM as an ISO.

    Dropped that into the Fusion installer.

    Fastest OS installation I've ever seen. Lickity-split - near instant.

    Ubuntu seems to work fine, but I'll have to play some more with it and
    install some useful things first.

    Should I get Win 11 for ARM? Don't see any reason to other than curiosity.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Percival John Hackworth@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Sat Nov 18 02:46:34 2023
    On Nov 17, 2023 at 5:07:38 PM PST, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

    On 2023-11-18, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    Downloaded the free version (personal use declaration) of VMWare Fusion
    Player.

    Installed.

    DL'd Ubuntu for ARM as an ISO.

    Dropped that into the Fusion installer.

    Fastest OS installation I've ever seen. Lickity-split - near instant.

    Ubuntu seems to work fine, but I'll have to play some more with it and
    install some useful things first.

    Should I get Win 11 for ARM? Don't see any reason to other than curiosity.

    I would try it. I haven't actually purchased an M-anything Mac yet. But
    the day is coming...

    I bought VMware Fusion 13 so I could try and get my testing environment
    running on M1. When M$ offered a $30 Windows 11 license, I bought one. It's running just fine on my M1. I update it regularly paralleling the Windows 7
    and 10 environments on my Intel Mac. One thing thought. There's no Shared Folder feature. I don't know if that's Windows 11 or ARM. It uses OneDrive for it's shared folder. I have to copy files to OneDrive with rclone or OneCommander or some other utility to install them. Or copy the files from within the VM.

    It defitely starts a lot faster than W10 on Intel.
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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Percival John Hackworth on Sat Nov 18 09:38:52 2023
    On 2023-11-17 21:46, Percival John Hackworth wrote:
    On Nov 17, 2023 at 5:07:38 PM PST, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

    On 2023-11-18, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    Downloaded the free version (personal use declaration) of VMWare Fusion
    Player.

    Installed.

    DL'd Ubuntu for ARM as an ISO.

    Dropped that into the Fusion installer.

    Fastest OS installation I've ever seen. Lickity-split - near instant.

    Ubuntu seems to work fine, but I'll have to play some more with it and
    install some useful things first.

    Should I get Win 11 for ARM? Don't see any reason to other than curiosity. >>
    I would try it. I haven't actually purchased an M-anything Mac yet. But
    the day is coming...

    I bought VMware Fusion 13 so I could try and get my testing environment running on M1. When M$ offered a $30 Windows 11 license, I bought one. It's running just fine on my M1. I update it regularly paralleling the Windows 7 and 10 environments on my Intel Mac. One thing thought. There's no Shared Folder feature. I don't know if that's Windows 11 or ARM. It uses OneDrive for
    it's shared folder. I have to copy files to OneDrive with rclone or OneCommander or some other utility to install them. Or copy the files from within the VM.

    It defitely starts a lot faster than W10 on Intel.

    I'll wait until the urge is strong - good to know it works well(ish).

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    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sat Nov 18 09:29:04 2023
    On 2023-11-17 19:35, Alan Browne wrote:

    Downloaded the free version (personal use declaration) of VMWare Fusion Player.

    Installed.

    DL'd Ubuntu for ARM as an ISO.

    Dropped that into the Fusion installer.

    Fastest OS installation I've ever seen.  Lickity-split - near instant.

    Ubuntu seems to work fine, but I'll have to play some more with it and install some useful things first.

    Belay that - I had run Ubuntu once, got network connection, did some configuration items, etc. then shut it down.

    This am it won't start and returns to the boot manager. Don't feel like sorting this out today ...

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    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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