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Re: how to use netbsd with ubuntu?



> From er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost Fri Apr 12 07:45:24 2019
> From: Abhinav Upadhyay <er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost>
> Subject: Re: how to use netbsd with ubuntu?
> To: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%sdf.org@localhost>
> Cc: NetBSD Users Mailing List <netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 1:03 PM Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%sdf.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > as in a previous email, i need to use ubuntu as my primary desktop.
> > i researched various options via googling around as well as asking
> > this mailing list and it looks like the best thing would be to run
> > netbsd in a virtual environment. for the same, would "qemu" be
> > considered good enough? if it is, should i upgrade my system memory
> > from 4gib to 8gib? i have a 1tib hard disk, would running with a
> > 256gib 'ssd' instead pose any unforeseen problems? thanks.
>
> What do you mean by running with Ubuntu, Is dual boot an option? If
> virtualization is the only option, I prefer VirtualBox over qemu when
> running NetBSD inside a VM.
>
> -
> Abhinav
>

no, dual boot is not an option, i need ubuntu for chrome to surf the
web, especially for a few websites which prefer chrome over chromium.
may i know your rationale for leaning towards virtualbox over qemu?


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