Comments on: 30 Days with – Vista vs. Linux http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/ developer | thinker | tinkerer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-150 Jim Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:32:12 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-150 Yes - I have had good luck running Windows in VMWare on Ubuntu. I keep meaning to try out Xen but that would be another option - she could use Ubuntu for mail and everything else and just boot into Windows when she needed it. Yes – I have had good luck running Windows in VMWare on Ubuntu. I keep meaning to try out Xen but that would be another option – she could use Ubuntu for mail and everything else and just boot into Windows when she needed it.

]]> By: Chuck West http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-149 Chuck West Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:02:41 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-149 Put Illustrator on a legacy Windows box and keep it off the net! That's what I had to do... My perspective is Linspire is just a good ad campaign and Ubuntu is far better. Plus 20,000 free programs is better than pay as you go CNR. Actually most excuses for not running Linux are just that; excuses. Burn an Ubuntu CD and run it in memory leaving the hard disk intact. Then you can see for yourself. If everything does not work as you expect you may have to learn a little; just like that old operating system. Put Illustrator on a legacy Windows box and keep it off the net! That’s what I had to do…

My perspective is Linspire is just a good ad campaign and Ubuntu is far better. Plus 20,000 free programs is better than pay as you go CNR.

Actually most excuses for not running Linux are just that; excuses. Burn an Ubuntu CD and run it in memory leaving the hard disk intact. Then you can see for yourself. If everything does not work as you expect you may have to learn a little; just like that old operating system.

]]> By: Jim http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-148 Jim Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:37:48 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-148 Wine might be an alternative. One of the big apps she uses is Illustrator. I know there are other vector artwork programs out there but she works with other people on the same files so compatibility is a must have. Wine might be an alternative. One of the big apps she uses is Illustrator. I know there are other vector artwork programs out there but she works with other people on the same files so compatibility is a must have.

]]> By: Jerry http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-147 Jerry Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:07:23 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-147 Jim- Perhaps try Freespire. It is the free version of Linspire. With the CNR setup you can get tons of programs many are just like Windows or even try wine Jim- Perhaps try Freespire. It is the free version of Linspire. With the CNR setup you can get tons of programs many are just like Windows or even try wine

]]> By: Jim http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-146 Jim Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:14:07 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-146 Jerry - that's great!! I've considered moving my wife over but she uses too much software that just isn't available for Linux (yet!)... Jerry – that’s great!! I’ve considered moving my wife over but she uses too much software that just isn’t available for Linux (yet!)…

]]> By: Jerry http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-145 Jerry Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:17:32 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-145 I have selling Windows for years starting with win2.0. But now with the major upgrades needed to use Vista, it is not worth it. The suggested hardware is far from enough to run it. I played with linux a few years back and found it far too much for the average user, but I tried it one more time and it is now very grown up . I started using Ubuntu and even got my wife to try it. She loves it. I have selling Windows for years starting with win2.0. But now with the major upgrades needed to use Vista, it is not worth it. The suggested hardware is far from enough to run it. I played with linux a few years back and found it far too much for the average user, but I tried it one more time and it is now very grown up . I started using Ubuntu and even got my wife to try it. She loves it.

]]> By: Jim http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-144 Jim Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:53:30 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-144 This is very true. I've been tinkering with Linux for a long time and I'm amazed at how mature it's become. I can remember struggling though my first RedHat installs and now it's easier than Windows! This is very true. I’ve been tinkering with Linux for a long time and I’m amazed at how mature it’s become. I can remember struggling though my first RedHat installs and now it’s easier than Windows!

]]> By: Chuck West http://thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-143 Chuck West Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/04/04/30-days-with-vista-vs-linux/#comment-143 We give away Ubuntu and support it at the Olympia Linux Users Group website (http://olylug.org) and as a musician I can tell you that the Linux audio loop editing tools are amazing too (audacity and hydrogen for starters) and certainly Ubuntu works great for the average user. We have helped people use this stuff everyday for years. We are in danger of making ourselves extinct because it is so easy to use Linux now. We give away Ubuntu and support it at the Olympia Linux Users Group website (http://olylug.org) and as a musician I can tell you that the Linux audio loop editing tools are amazing too (audacity and hydrogen for starters) and certainly Ubuntu works great for the average user. We have helped people use this stuff everyday for years. We are in danger of making ourselves extinct because it is so easy to use Linux now.

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