I like Mint:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint
And the new Ubuntu 10.something is about to come out too, woohoo!
It would be cool if one could run OS X in a VM though... fsck'n Apple.
:den
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Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
Francis Hutcheson
~~~
I'd encourage you to take a look at several distros. Ubuntu is by far the most
popular, but it's not neccessarily the best. As a newcomer to Linux some other
good ones to look at are SimplyMepis and Mint Linux. Mint is based on Ubuntu
and SimplyMepis is based on Ubuntu's daddy, Debian. Both sho
+1 generally. I played with desktop Linux for ten years before I was
satisfied enough to switch my desktop environment full time. I finally
settled on Ubuntu, they have done a tremendous job of making Linux
accessible to end users.
I have different systems set up different ways:
- desktop - I ru
Ubuntu Desktop for the OS.
VirtualBox as a virtual machine to install Win 7/XP. It works
especially well if you have a chipset that supports hardware
virtualization, like AMD. You can turn on hardware virtualization in
the BIOS and then VirtualBox can call directly into the hardware for
some of i
ote:
>>>
>>> For all intents and purposes for what he is saying to use if for, there is
>>> no difference.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9
>> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:35 AM
>> To: cf-community
>> Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for development
>>
>>
>> Ghost reimages the machine, and requires wiping the machine's drive
>&g
gt; -Original Message-
> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:35 AM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for development
>
>
> Ghost reimages the machine, and requires wiping the machine's drive
>
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Eric Roberts
wrote:
> For all intents and purposes for what he is saying to use if for, there is
> no difference.
I would personally still prefer a VM. You can switch faster between
VM images, and run them concurrently. You can also usually access the
host OS
For all intents and purposes for what he is saying to use if for, there is
no difference.
-Original Message-
From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:35 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for development
Ghost reimages
> You can do the same thing with something like Norton Ghost...
>
> Eric
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:06 AM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for developme
You can do the same thing with something like Norton Ghost...
Eric
-Original Message-
From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:06 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for development
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Matthew
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Matthew P. Smith
wrote:
> So I've pretty much had it with windows. I was all excited with 7, and it
> worked great for a couple of months, but now my systems has slowed way down
> and I can't figure out what is going on. At this point it looks like I will
> hav
So I've pretty much had it with windows. I was all excited with 7, and it
worked great for a couple of months, but now my systems has slowed way down
and I can't figure out what is going on. At this point it looks like I will
have to reinstall, and frankly, I don't really have the time for it.
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