Can I install Linux?

That's ok. I prefer to access all of my OS versions through RDP windows. I'm not interested in running them through the virtual box interface. But thanks for the info anyway.

There should be a way to adjust screen resolution in RDP as well.

http://blog2.emptycrate.com/content/using-non-standard-resolutions-virtualbox-rdp

If you are an networking engineer then only install because its only work on command otherwise go for windows only.

Did you read the original post? Or any of my other posts?

I would not use linux, too many bugs

Because windows is so smooth???

I use Linux every day, both at work and at home.

What bugs are you talking about?

Bit of an update now years later. I had 2 Dell Optiplex 960’s, one with Windows 7 and one with Windows 10, that had both gone the way of the aforementioned laptop. Were so slow they were basically unusable, and suffered various crashes and freezes. I’ve wiped both of them and installed Ubuntu 21.04, and they are both running almost like brand new machines. In fact, they make my 18-month-old Mac look like a complete dog. So good, that if I was buying a new PC now, I would buy it OS free, and use Linux from day one.

I'm going to try booting from a CD on one of my old systems to see what happens. I'm going to use the Mint version of Linux. I'll report back on what happens.

Cool. I want to hear all about it

Without explaining my entire entertainment system set-up, I needed to get sound over the displayport output from the PC - instead of using the onboard stereo sound line-out. The architecture of the machine was so old that there was no sound from the inbuilt display port. Bought a Radeon video card for $28 - installed it and got my sound. So easy.

I didn't work with drivers and most drivers are cracked or not working for your computer. GitHub was not an working solution.

thnks