What OS do you have on your computer?
What OS do you use? Windows 10 still works for me with no problems, and I am familiar with it. I'll let Windows 11 get all the kinks worked out for a couple years and then download it when I actually see a reason to.
I run Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 as my main OS. Then use Oracle Virtualbox to run VMs of other OS:
- Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 (testing)
- Centos 6, 7, 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 8, 9
- RockyOS 8, 9
- Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, 11
- for nostalgia's sake: Windows 2000, Solaris 2.5, NeXTSTEP
I'll evaluate any new OS as VM 1st just so I don't have to wipe my machine and load it. Then if it breaks system, very difficult to go back without clean install of previous OS, then all apps, then restore data from backups.
- Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 (testing)
- Centos 6, 7, 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 8, 9
- RockyOS 8, 9
- Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, 11
- for nostalgia's sake: Windows 2000, Solaris 2.5, NeXTSTEP
I'll evaluate any new OS as VM 1st just so I don't have to wipe my machine and load it. Then if it breaks system, very difficult to go back without clean install of previous OS, then all apps, then restore data from backups.
Last edited by dannoxyz; Feb 11, 2024 at 11:16 PM.
I couldn't see what you'd written at first after the initial ask, I'm running Windows 10 I stuck with Windows 7 for as long as I could until the program became completely unusable through lack pf updates so 10 it is for now until I find another computer that will allow me to install 11.
Last edited by Cuda; Feb 13, 2024 at 07:02 PM.
You can use Oracle Virtualbox to run Windows 11 as VM on Windows 10 to try out. Can even download pre-built Win-11 VM from Microsoft. Even custom settings available to run Win11 as VM even if your CPU doesn’t have features to run it natively. Lots of guides and videos out there on how to configure. But Virtualbox is little awkward to use.
I think better package is VMware. Their free VMware Player comes bundled with Workstation package. You can download an evaluation version to get free Player (limited to running just one VM at a time). If you can find older version 14 or 15 Player, you can run unlimited VMs simultaneously (only limited by available memory).
VM is great way to try out other OS without having to reload your system or buying more computers. I used to have 10 systems on shelf in garage decades ago because hardware can barely run one OS. Now it’s so powerful, you can run 10 OSes simultaneously!
Last edited by dannoxyz; Feb 15, 2024 at 12:54 AM.


