On 2025-09-15 11:01, CAREY SCHUG via Talk wrote:
reminder again, this is to make it easier for a windows person to install linux but still have access to all their windows programs without having to boot back and forth all the time. try the linux version of some application, and compare it side by side with the windows version. Heck, even plug in two keyboards and have like two computers.
I don't know if a VM can be set to use a keyboard other than the main one used with the computer. It might depend on which VM you use. I haven't noticed a setting regarding use of a second keyboard in virtualbox. I currently have two different installs of Windows that I can run using virtualbox. I looked in to whether virtualbox could use the install of Windows I have in a separate partition. It is supposed to be possible but it looked a bit complicated to set up. -- Cheers! Kevin. https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | "Nerds make the shiny things that | distract the mouth-breathers, and Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | that's why we're powerful" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick