not that it will help you this time, but for next time: when i interview in companies and we get to the "terms of employment" stage, i clearly state that i require having a linux desktop. in my first few jobs, i simply had a linux desktop and that's it. exchange weasn't so popular back then, and since i did unix development, there was rarely a need for a windows PC for me (i wrote documentation in HTML). in the previous company i was given a VMWare workstation license to run windows on my linux in order to use various windows-specific applications (which were required for the job). in the current company i was given two PCs - one with windows and one with linux.
note: i only worked in small companies, which tend to be flexible about these issues. they say "for a lousy 3000 shmeckels i don't intend to reject a work candidate that i want to employ". note that this is simply part of the standard benefits and work-conditions negotiation - so it is perfectly legitimate to raise it at this point in time. it is also easier to get it at this stage. do note that you should be able to manage your own PC, without putting an extra burden on the sys admin(s). ofcourse, this might be different if the company's system people already manage linux PCs and preffer to do it themselves. i personally preffer having the root password ;) --guy On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: > Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 16:57:11 +0200 > From: Aharon Schkolnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: linux-il@linux.org.il > Subject: Recommendations for XP under Linux > > Greetings. > > I have started a new job and find that I will have to use some applications > which will run only under Windows (XP).I would like to run Linux on my > desktop with a virtual XP machine running under it. In the (relatively > distant) past I have use VMware for this. At the time, I convinced my > employer to shell out the money for the VMware license. I have been informed > that getting the money out of my current employer may be difficult and time > consuming. In any event, I need to get some solution up and running right > away, so they don't start pressuring me to put Windows on my desktop. I > understand that VMware has a free "player" and that it is possible to hack > it into installing XP. Is this as big a pain as it looks ? Has anyone done > it ? Are there other possible solutions ? What do you recommend ? > > TIA > > Aharon > -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
