11-03-2015, 12:40 AM
@Jocklad,
That is what led my migration to Linux. About a year ago, I put together a practice lab. For that practice lab, I have a server running VMware ESXi. I only have one 250GB hard drive in that server. I noticed I was running out of space. I also noticed that my Windows 7 based VMs took up 25GB of space each, but the Linux VMs were using just 4-7GB of space. And out of the box the Linux VMs were capable of doing so much more on just that amount of space than the Windows VMs.
As much as possible I looked for ways to replace what the Windows VMs were doing with Linux distros. Then as I started to understand more, I looked at Linux as a viable replacement for my personal daily computing. I've been using Linux Lite as the only host operating system on my desktop and laptop since about April of this year, and I don't plan on reversing that. I've been an ambassador of Linux, and particularly Linux Lite, since then.
I have no regrets. My fiddling with other distros helped me appreciate Linux Lite when I found it. I know other new users might not have the tenacity I have to stick with it, which is why I do whatever I can to help limit their choices by telling them about THIS distro up front.
That is what led my migration to Linux. About a year ago, I put together a practice lab. For that practice lab, I have a server running VMware ESXi. I only have one 250GB hard drive in that server. I noticed I was running out of space. I also noticed that my Windows 7 based VMs took up 25GB of space each, but the Linux VMs were using just 4-7GB of space. And out of the box the Linux VMs were capable of doing so much more on just that amount of space than the Windows VMs.
As much as possible I looked for ways to replace what the Windows VMs were doing with Linux distros. Then as I started to understand more, I looked at Linux as a viable replacement for my personal daily computing. I've been using Linux Lite as the only host operating system on my desktop and laptop since about April of this year, and I don't plan on reversing that. I've been an ambassador of Linux, and particularly Linux Lite, since then.
I have no regrets. My fiddling with other distros helped me appreciate Linux Lite when I found it. I know other new users might not have the tenacity I have to stick with it, which is why I do whatever I can to help limit their choices by telling them about THIS distro up front.
Want to thank me? Click my [Thank] link.