Help Installing VirtualBox
-
Im using my Girlfriends Laptop (my charging cord became a cat snack the other night and I don't have money at this time to get a new one.) she told me I can do what ever I need to; downloads such and such.
trying to find VirtualBox so I can give Linux Mint 18 another go.
disc Space is not an issue. 363 GB free disc space here.
my question is; which VirtualBox, should I use? theres a dozen or so choices.
-
How do you have 388gb of free memory in a laptop???
-
If you have Windows on a normal PC, you use this one:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.2/VirtualBox-5.1.2-108956-Win.exe
-
How do you have 388gb of free memory in a laptop???
It's an R730 with a hinge glued on and an LCD glued on to that. Hurts your lap a bit and you can't talk to anyone while it is running, but oh the power!
-
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
-
-
-
@StrongBad said in Help:
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Does that make it better? LOL
not Sure!
By "memory" ... do you mean free disk space?
-
@StrongBad said in Help:
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Does that make it better? LOL
not Sure!
By "memory" ... do you mean free disk space?
Good point... "free memory" is RAM, not hard drive space. @WrCombs I think you have your terminology mixed up.
-
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
-
my question is; which VirtualBox, should I use? theres a dozen or so choices.
It's the list of "platform packages" that you want to pick from. You are not looking for Extension Packs (that's extra software, not VirtualBox itself) and you are not looking for a developer kit. So there are just the four links at the top. One is for Windows, one for Mac OS X, one for Linux and one for Solaris. So you just choose the one for the operating system that you are installing it on.
-
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
mixed up terminology.. still getting used to the terminology..
-
@StrongBad said in Help:
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Does that make it better? LOL
not Sure!
By "memory" ... do you mean free disk space?
Good point... "free memory" is RAM, not hard drive space. @WrCombs I think you have your terminology mixed up.
yes, you are right. sorry "free disk space" will edit
-
@coliver said
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
The term "block device" still gets me a bit.
In theory I understand the concept, but in functionality...
-
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
mixed up terminology.. still getting used to the terminology..
You need to get the terminology right if you expect to be taken seriously when you say "I'm in IT".
-
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
mixed up terminology.. still getting used to the terminology..
You need to get the terminology right if you expect to be taken seriously when you say "I'm in IT".
yes, I understand that. maybe instead I should start with "Still new, bare with me, need help with...."
-
@RojoLoco sorry 362 GB*
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
mixed up terminology.. still getting used to the terminology..
You need to get the terminology right if you expect to be taken seriously when you say "I'm in IT".
yes, I understand that. maybe instead I should start with "Still new,
barebear with me, need help with...."
-
@coliver said
Memory generally refers to RAM. Storage or disk space are the phrases you are looking for.
The term "block device" still gets me a bit.
In theory I understand the concept, but in functionality...
In what context are you finding it confusing?
-
I edited your original post to have a more descriptive title and added a topical tag at the bottom. Tagging takes some getting used to and knowing what tags are useful or meaningful is something you learn and always has to be adjusted. A topic title should always be thoughtful. When people first see your topic, it's all that they see. So it needs to have enough information in it that someone knows if it is a topic that they are interested in and/or are able to help with.
-
@Minion-Queen said in Help Installing VirtualBox:
I edited your original post to have a more descriptive title and added a topical tag at the bottom. Tagging takes some getting used to and knowing what tags are useful or meaningful is something you learn and always has to be adjusted. A topic title should always be thoughtful. When people first see your topic, it's all that they see. So it needs to have enough information in it that someone knows if it is a topic that they are interested in and/or are able to help with.
thank you!
will Work on it!
-
@StrongBad said
In what context are you finding it confusing?
I don't know.
I think because I generally just work with physical hard drives, and think of them as block devices. But obviously there are so many more things.
Really, anything with blocks is a block device!
-
@Minion-Queen said i
Tagging takes some getting used to and knowing what tags are useful or meaningful is something you learn and always has to be adjusted.
Dangit I always forget tags.
-
@BRRABill said in Help Installing VirtualBox:
@Minion-Queen said i
Tagging takes some getting used to and knowing what tags are useful or meaningful is something you learn and always has to be adjusted.
Dangit I always forget tags.
You and me both.
-
