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04-22-2012, 04:05 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2012
Distribution: Windows XP, Windows 7,Windows 8, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu
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can i run windows vista and linux mint and ubuntu on the same computer
can i run windows vista( home edition) and linux mint ( newest version) and ubuntu (newest version) on the same computer
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04-22-2012, 04:24 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: PLANET-SPIKE
Distribution: /LFS/Debian
Posts: 2,511
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Hi
Simply yes, the easiest way is to load windows 1st then mint then Ubuntu. Grub should find and list all other OS on computor
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04-22-2012, 04:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2012
Distribution: Windows XP, Windows 7,Windows 8, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu
Posts: 11
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Can I run them all at one time? (for Linux mint and Ubuntu can I run both of them inside windows Vista)
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04-22-2012, 04:38 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: PLANET-SPIKE
Distribution: /LFS/Debian
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That would be a wubi install as I have never used wubi I cant help with that
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04-22-2012, 04:39 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
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You can run only one at a time if you install them natively side by side on your harddisk. In that case you can choose the OS to run at boot time.
If you want to run them simultaneiusly the easiest way is to install Virtualbox on your Vista and the install Mint and Ubuntu into virtual machines.
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Originally Posted by spiky0011
That would be a wubi install as I have never used wubi I cant help with that
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No, that is just installing in a container-file instead of using a partition. You still can't run the OSes simultaneously.
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04-22-2012, 06:56 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: Michigan USA
Distribution: OpenSUSE 13.2 64bit-Gnome on ASUS U52F
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You cant run them at the same time if you have them all installed in the bones of your Hard Drive. But if you install them through VirtualBox then you can.
Keep in mind that in VirtualBox for each gest OS you have installed you dedicate some of the computer RAM like 500-750MB and CPU like 1 core each from your quad core machine.
Good luck to you!
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04-22-2012, 07:15 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2012
Distribution: Windows XP, Windows 7,Windows 8, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu
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What if I just installed Linux mint inside Vista. Will that take up any RAM or CPU?
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04-22-2012, 07:24 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2011
Location: Australia
Distribution: Debian Wheezy, Jessie, Sid/Experimental, playing with LFS.
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Yes it will, you are effectively running 2 OSs at the same time. While Virtual Machines are excellent they make your system use more resources than the sum of 2 separate installations.
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04-22-2012, 07:57 PM
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Registered: Dec 2009
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Originally Posted by NickRudd
What if I just installed Linux mint inside Vista. Will that take up any RAM or CPU?
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If you use Virtualbox to install Mint on Vista (there is no other way in running to OSes at the same time than using virtualization software like Virtualbox) the Mint will only take RAM and CPU cycles when you run it. If you don't need it just shut down the virtual machine (or more convenient, suspend it) and Mint will use nothing than the disk space it is installed in.
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04-25-2012, 05:13 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2010
Location: Planet Earth
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,030
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Originally Posted by NickRudd
What if I just installed Linux mint inside Vista. Will that take up any RAM or CPU?
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It is possible to set the amount of RAM, memory for video, number of CPU cores and more for each virtual machine, that way there is no system drain. VirtualBox
Regards
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04-25-2012, 06:31 AM
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Registered: Apr 2012
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera / Zorin Pro 6.2
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Mint 12 is my main OS. And I have Windows XP installed in Virtualbox so I can listen to my music. Apple DRM ftw...
I've assigned 256 mb of my systems 4 gb RAM for Windows to use. And together with Virtualbox that's 382 mb total. (memory + shared memory according to system monitor). Next to that CPU usage is around 10% continuously on my i3 laptop.
Those CPU cycles and memory I can't use in Linux as long as I have Windows running next to it. That's how you need to look at it.
Edit:
Virtualbox here by default advised me to assign Windows XP 192 mb ram. I gave it slightly more then that. Also Virtualbox emulates a 16 mb graphics card. So that should be enough to give you a nice resolution screen with 32 bit colors.
Last edited by SandsOfArrakis; 04-25-2012 at 06:37 AM.
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04-25-2012, 07:03 AM
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Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
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To get the full benefit of any linux, you're better off dual-booting. Resize your Vista partition and leave unallocated space. Ubuntu and Mint are very similar, so just choose one, preferably Mint.
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