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I'm just using it for curiosity's sake and to be more apt at using the command line on the raspberry pi without having to constantly be googling stuff.
Would like to get comfortable fiddling with network stuff and SSH etc.
I'm still confused about what X is if you say I should kill it and use a stripped down window manager... I thought it just meant booting in to the console as per this:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/01/boot-into-text-console-ubuntu-linux-14-04/
Well_is_it-
using the command line on the raspberry pi
Why not just ssh onto the pi & play there?
Copy your current build onto a second SD card, and the if you mess up, restoring is just a question of swapping cards.
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Mint and Ubuntu seek to be full desktop replacements, the equivalent of OSX or Windows 10.
Try Xubuntu instead.
The difference between the vast majority of Linuxs:
- RPM vs DEB for packages
- Window managers
Xubuntu is 95% Ubuntu, except they ditched the animation and graphics heavy front-end for a lightweight one instead called XFCE.
You don't have to concern yourself with much of this if you don't know what X is, etc... that's cool, but there are more lightweight UIs that will be more comfortable in a VM.
- RPM vs DEB for packages
NotThamesWater
Velocio
That is not a good idea.
Just kill X and use a stripped down window manager (if you need to at all).
Even better... ssh into it.
It depends why you have a VM, what you need Linux for... but if it's command line stuff, dump the GUI.