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Re: Newbie help request

I have set it up with the ram maxed out

Steve Miles

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> On Jul 12, 2019, at 12:14 PM, J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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