[Nottingham] Linux VM performance

[Daryl]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27407502

Sort of relevant. How George RR Martin still uses DOS for word processing
as there are fewer distractions.

(Says me, distracted by the BBC News site when I have a deadline to produce
some work by Friday and I'm already behind...)

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Jason Irwin via Nottingham <
nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> On 18/05/16 11:44, Daryl via Nottingham wrote:
>
>> As a result I make almost exclusive use of VMs for my Linux stuff.
>>
> Snap.
>
> If you're going to be using a VM on Window and then on OS X, syncing
> things will be interesting. Using VBox's teleport is one possibility,
> having the host sync the disc image is another (but hardware differences
> can still impact the guest if you're unlucky).
>
> Organising the guest could be an interesting design session (aka bicycle
> shedding :-))
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