I'm still trying to sort out which distro I will go with (I'm guessing that's the first priority) but regarding running Linux, am I correct in thinking you can either boot from a USB Flash drive but working this way will not allow you to save preferences, etc you basically start from scratch every time or you can install in a virtual machine/environment? Or is a virtual machine created by Linux? I am currently running Windows 10 64 Pro and I have Hyper-V turned on via Windows Features basically because of this video:
There's also VirtualBox, VMware Workstation and probably many other options... which cause the top of my head to concave. I mean I don't want to sound completely lazy but I have a lot of plates in the air right now and it seems like getting into Linux requires massive amounts of reading articles, opinions and so on that really need you to carve out a portion of your life just to grasp. I know it's not Windows and I don't want it to be but geez...
Is Hyper-V sufficient to do whatever it is I need to do? Do particular distros require specific window managers and/or something else I'm not aware of?
I still plan on doing a multi-boot of 2 or 3 distros to become more familiar with them and hopefully discover the right one for me. Right now I'm thinking Mint, Manjaro and Ubuntu but that's basically based on guesses.
If it matters, I'll list my PC specs:
Windows 10 Pro 64 / ASUS Z97-A / Intel i5-4670K Quad-Core 3.4 GHz / G.SKILL 32GB DDR3 / ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / Focusrite Saffire PRO 40
There's also VirtualBox, VMware Workstation and probably many other options... which cause the top of my head to concave. I mean I don't want to sound completely lazy but I have a lot of plates in the air right now and it seems like getting into Linux requires massive amounts of reading articles, opinions and so on that really need you to carve out a portion of your life just to grasp. I know it's not Windows and I don't want it to be but geez...
Is Hyper-V sufficient to do whatever it is I need to do? Do particular distros require specific window managers and/or something else I'm not aware of?
I still plan on doing a multi-boot of 2 or 3 distros to become more familiar with them and hopefully discover the right one for me. Right now I'm thinking Mint, Manjaro and Ubuntu but that's basically based on guesses.
If it matters, I'll list my PC specs:
Windows 10 Pro 64 / ASUS Z97-A / Intel i5-4670K Quad-Core 3.4 GHz / G.SKILL 32GB DDR3 / ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / Focusrite Saffire PRO 40
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