Steve, Since you have lots of disk and a fair bit of RAM, does increasing the RAM for the VM help. I've found a small RAM for the guest slows things down quite a bit. Also, of course, running multiple VM guests and/or host activity at same time. Best, JN On 2019-07-12 11:45 a.m., Steve Miles wrote: > Greetings fellow members, > > I am new at discovering Linux and want to learn a lot more. > > I have a Mac mini late 2014 with macOS Sierra. 8 GB ram and tons of hard drive space > > I have been able to get mint and ubuntu installed in a virtual box but it works sluggishly since the computer is sharing CPU etc with 2 operating systems. > > I would like to have the ability to multi boot and choose which operating system installs on its own. I have explored Refind as a multi boot option but cannot get it to work for whatever reason. > > I have looked at a ton of web sites and youtube videos to no avail. > > Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated if anyone has experience with a Mac mini. > > Steve the Linux Newbie > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org