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I have NEVER had ads from Parallels popping up on my screen. I suspect that user may have been using a trial version or something. On the other hand, since that post appears to have been on Apple’s App Store, perhaps there’s a difference in using the Parallels software from the App Store vs. the Parallels software downloaded from the developer’s site, which is what I did. I’d rather purchase programs such as these direct from the developer. In this case I’ve had no issues.

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First got into Linux back in 1994! I started with Slackware on a used i386 with 4MB of RAM! It required a pile of diskettes to install. UGH! It was a steep learning curve at that time since it required manual editing of conf files galore. I learned a lot though! Best training one could get. Over the years I tried many different flavours of Linux: Debian, RedHat, Slackware, MEPIS, Madrake, Knoppix, CentOS, SUSE, Gentoo besides a few others. I also had Smoothwall 3.1 running my Internet gateway for over a year (it was rock solid on a Pentium III-350). At one point I had at least 7 functioning computers in my home, all networked and running various flavours of Linux and Windows!

Currently, my primary PC is a MacBook Pro 13″ w/Touchbar (2017). However, I installed Parallels Desktop on it so I could run Windows 10 (for the few programs that I require which are not available on Mac). I also created another virtual machine for running Linux Mint 19.2 Mate. I’m not using it that often to be honest, but I like to keep my hands in it from time to time. I really like Linux Mint Mate. It was a breeze to install and runs flawlessly even in my Parallels virtual machine. I have an old Windows 7 computer (11 years old) that still runs well. I have considered replacing it with Linux Mint to be a server as it still has a ton of old files on it on a couple of spare hard drives.

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