W10 Host with Debian 10 (buster) VM anyone yet


  1. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
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    W10 Host with Debian 10 (buster) VM anyone yet


    Hi folks
    Anybody tried the recently released DEBIAN 10 (Buster) as a VM with a Windows 10 Host yet.
    Interested to know what it looks like -- I'll try myself a bit later but got things to do this weekend.

    Thinking of changing my NAS's from CENTOS to DEBIAN as KDE is being dropped by RHEL and CENTOS 8 -- next release -- so might get a bit of testing in. DEBIAN has been around "Since Pontius was a Pilot" !!!! i.e literally years and years and is also 100% stable but more leading edge with some packages -- I don't want to use FEDORA as that's too much of a developers thing rather than built for stability.

    I usually install the KDE GUI as I run a load of VM's on these NAS's -- plenty of horsepower for that -- and I prefer the KDE plasma desktop over the basic ubuntu (GNOME) or Linux Mint interface. The VM's usually run with VMWARE so I do need a GUI.

    Eventually I might go "GUI-LESS" using ESXi or similar but VMWare works perfectly for what I need (now that the initial glitch with it on some W10 releases a few back) has been fixed.

    Cheers
    jimbo
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Hi there
    answering my own thread now !!

    It does work and seems to run all the software I want -- will test it now on a Real machine -- can install to an external SSD (connected to NAS via USB3-->SATA connector). I prefer this method rather than set up dual boot which can hose all sorts of things up including local HDD's) --running any Linux distro via an external SSD is pretty fast any way so almost zilch of a performance hit when done like that.

    Incidentally running Windows as a WintoGo system with same type of SSD connected via USB-->SATA adapter also runs pretty well for those who want to try physical hardware but don't want the "Classical dual boot" method.

    Marking as solved now --BTW debian installer is a breeze as well.

    Cheers
    jimbo
      My Computer


 

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