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Yes, thats what I did, installed then patched a system in VirtualBox and then installed the resulting image on a real machine
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That is also a way that most people (at least ones that I know) make images used for external bootable devices (DVD, USB, PXE, etc.). Make an image in Virtualbox (or VMware) then write that image to a bootable media device (in your case a hard disk).
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Ubuntu for me! I tried fedora 11 but didn't have a good first experience. I might give it a shot later on. But for now Ubuntu karmi koala is the winner for me!!!!!!!!!!
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fedora 11s installer is crap. Crashes all the time during partitioning, generally bricking windows in the process. fedora is so buggy.
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fedora 11s installer is crap. Crashes all the time during partitioning, generally bricking windows in the process. fedora is so buggy.
worked for me every time I ran it - on lg, hp, dell, lenovo laptops, different desktops and quite a few VMs...

what am I doing wrong?
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worked for me every time I ran it - on lg, hp, dell, lenovo laptops, different desktops and quite a few VMs...
what am I doing wrong?
On thier bugzilla there are ~200 reports about it. Crashes with python errors around 60% of the time if you try and do anything other than the defaults e.g install GRUB to another disk, set GRUB password, use LUKS encryption
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hopefully the fedora 12 which is set to release in a few days wont be as bad. I am waiting to try it out....
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There are bugs everywhere, where there is software actively developed if you want an OS with a small amount of bugs on your desktop, stick to RHEL Desktop edition. No bleeding edge software, but it works nicely.
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stick to RHEL Desktop edition. No bleeding edge software, but it works nicely.
Doesnt support my wireless card and has issues with the backlight on my laptop. And i need Office 2007 document support.
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well then, you have to take your chances with the not so well tested software.
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