Help installing VL under MS Virtual PC

[warpman]

I have an Acer Aspire running windows vista and would like to install VL under MS Virtual PC. Have any of you done this already? If so, were there any problems that I should be aware of? Are there any written instructions? Any help would be appreciated.

[GrannyGeek]

I tried to install VL under Virtual PC, but I ran into problems and decided Virtual PC wasn't Linux friendly. There are no Virtual Machine Additions for Linux, and you really need those for proper video and integration with the system. I did get a fine VL installation in VirtualBox under Vista. I'd recommend that. It's a free download. I installed VL 5.8 in maybe September, 2007, when I couldn't get sound and wireless working in VL 5.8 on a hard drive partition. In VirtualBox, no problems.

When 5.9 Standard came out, sound and wireless worked in the hard drive partition, so I no longer needed the VirtualBox VectorLinux. It served me well during the transition, though.
--GrannyGeek

[warpman]

Thanks! That work! I only need to make my sound card work. Thanks for your help.

[warpman]

Ok... So, I have been running VL5.9 with out any problems. Everything appears to be running great. I do have a couple of more questions.

1. How do I install KDE? I just want the base packages not the entire thing and maybe just maybe the multimedia part.

2. Should I worry or how do I update the software for VL? Specifically the security part, like the bunch of security patches that MS posts for Win all the time. And how often should I be checking for those packages?

Any info, help would be appreciated.

[rbistolfi]

Ok... So, I have been running VL5.9 with out any problems. Everything appears to be running great. I do have a couple of more questions.

1. How do I install KDE? I just want the base packages not the entire thing and maybe just maybe the multimedia part.

2. Should I worry or how do I update the software for VL? Specifically the security part, like the bunch of security patches that MS posts for Win all the time. And how often should I be checking for those packages?

Any info, help would be appreciated.

You can install kdebase and kdelibs from the repository using gslapt. That will give you a basic kde install.
About security, in general you should install everything in the patches repository, they are announced in the Packages section of the forum and in the news section of the website.
You can follow them by rss: http://vectorlinux.com/collections/security/RSS

For more info on Package managment in VL take a look here: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/docs/vl59/manuals/vl5_slaptget_en.html

HTH

[warpman]

Great! Thanks for the info.

If I want to install the multimedia part of KDE what package should I be installing?

Ok... So, I have been running VL5.9 with out any problems. Everything appears to be running great. I do have a couple of more questions.

1. How do I install KDE? I just want the base packages not the entire thing and maybe just maybe the multimedia part.

2. Should I worry or how do I update the software for VL? Specifically the security part, like the bunch of security patches that MS posts for Win all the time. And how often should I be checking for those packages?

Any info, help would be appreciated.

You can install kdebase and kdelibs from the repository using gslapt. That will give you a basic kde install.
About security, in general you should install everything in the patches repository, they are announced in the Packages section of the forum and in the news section of the website.
You can follow them by rss: http://vectorlinux.com/collections/security/RSS

For more info on Package managment in VL take a look here: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/docs/vl59/manuals/vl5_slaptget_en.html

HTH

[The Headacher]

If I want to install the multimedia part of KDE what package should I be installing?

kdemultimedia