VM with Linux install

[Richard]

Richard,

Just checking to see if you are still ok using Mint? May I ask, what VM are you using?

J

Have not tried anything in VM Linux since my last reply - still trying to "get used to" simultaneously working with both VM and Linux (both are new to me).

On all screen shots I have supplied, the VM is indicated on top row (my VM is Oracle VirtualBox).

Working with VM for the first time is interesting - so far all the google results on "how to" show completely different screens to my present (latest version) - which makes it very hard (slowly working out for myself). So with Oracle (my VM) for VM Windows 10 I use Oracle "Devices" to set up connection to a USB stick - but IF I am in VM Linux, I can only set up USB stick inside VM Linux Devices (not Oracle VM Devices). Also I must remember/discover when and where which USB speed is allowed (in VM) - for instance VM Windows 10 allows both USB 3 and USB 2 - but VM Windows 7 does not allow USB 3 (have not investigated whether VM Linux likes USB 3, it does work with USB 2 devices). I would like to use SATA and PCIe in VM (but so far I don't think I can). So, for me, knowing the limits of Oracle VM is important to getting the best out of VM Linux.

As far as VM Linux goes - am I expected to "know in advance" which libraries/dependancies... etc I will need for say with QB64 - or is everything automatically downloaded for me?

At least working with VM is "safe" - not like my attempt a long time ago to dual boot Linux (on hard drive) on a machine with Windows 10 already installed (which crashed my computer big time - and took me 2 weeks to restore Windows 10 and be able to use computer again).