As many of you know, scientific computing and numerical analysis are my two main use cases for my computer. I typically like to use a windows pc and boot from an external hard drive because I don’t typically like dual booting, but perhaps things have changed over the years.
On my new computer, booting up Ubuntu 22.04 from an external drive takes far too long, so I am tempted to instead pursue alternative options. The two most obvious options to me are to use docker containers or a full-on VM. I suspect that docker will have far less overhead, so that will probably be the route I end up travelling; however, I was wondering if there were alternative options I had not considered. Has Windows Subsystem for Linux gotten better over time, for example?
As a side note, I am looking for high quality cooling options for my laptop. Does anyone have any strong recommendations? Thanks!
. If you boot from external drive then you need the fastest drive (SSD) connected to the fastest bus. Even which port you connect to can slow down the process.