On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 07:25:37AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > >Also, I need to figure out a better development platform for Windows > >boxes. I had a perfect opportunity to scrap Windows all together when > >I had to recover from a hard drive crash on my main development box > >last year, but the dice fell the wrong way on that one. > > There are lots of options here. As mentioned, virtualbox should be a good > option, and you can probably use something like wubi to create an Ubuntu > desktop running along side Windows.
http://xkcd.com/424/ springs to mind. (I'm aware a fair few people are moving away from Ubuntu, in favor of Mint <http://linuxmint.com/>). > >Maybe I can organize a sprint at the next PyCon - Migrating to Linux > >and killing Windows one PC at a time. With a python script? ;o) (a former friend & colleague, Chris Lightfoot[1] wrote evil.c one day; I mirror it at http://hendricks.amyl.org.uk/~adam/tmp/evil.c-txt -- to Debianize a FBSD box. Console server *highly* recommended. It worked the few times we used it) [1] http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/wwwitter/20070305-chris_lightfoot_1978-2007.html -- War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength 1984 _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9