Thoes were considerations as well as I am also a networking guy but the performance and ease of use was what made the choice between virtualizing it or running it as a primary
I tend to have a handful of alternatives available at all times when possible, as having alternative tools handy is extremely useful On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Brian Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/12 Jered Rassier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Heh I also use debian at work for my workstations ... I get dirty looks > > sometimes being that we are a Microsoft partner and I am a Microsoft > server > > admin :) I am a fan of its much lighter footprint specially with > > virtualizing for testing anyways it makes a difference > > One of my reasons for running linux as my primary OS is that it gave > me better tools for troubleshooting network issues. I ran XP in a VM > for all my dirty work, but when an issue arose I found myself using > linux more than Winderz, even for troubleshooting MS stuff. > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > scalug-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/scalug-list >
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