From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   George wrote:   
   > I create an Oracle VM with bare minimum install (Ubuntu and other   
   > distros have two ways to install so I normally go for minimum). Disk   
   > size 25GB, 2 processors, 4096MB Ram. So it is always there and can   
   > access it using putty and do all sorts of things with it knowing that it   
   > can't damage anything else on the machine.   
   >   
   For some reason, I never got on the VM bandwagon.   
      
   I evolved from using Rufus (on a Win) to write linux .iso/s to a USB to   
   Ventoy writing multiple .iso/s on the same USB, to Ventoy writing *more*   
   multiples to a SATA SSD (much faster than my mostly USB2 equipment), to   
   more Ventoy strategies using its plugins for persistence and alternate   
   grub boot.   
      
   I LUV Ventoy, and I've never really needed a VM to boot a linux OR a   
   Win, as I can use Hirens to boot WinXP/DOS, or PE W10/W11.   
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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