Mike, As you assumed moving to another OS is not a trivial matter. I would take Peter's and Bryan's advice and take the VM approach to get your "set up" where you want it. Though they offer the lowest barrior to entry, I found live CD's to be a bit sluggish for my tastes.You can get a lot of preconfigured VM's on the internets. I would take a look at the offerings at the offerings at VMware's Virtual Appliance Marketplace http://www.vmware.com/appliances/
There are all sorts of tasty nuggets over there. You can also get a lot of preconfiged images for VirtualBox. The great thing about VM's is that you can make a copy of the VM (or take a snap shot) when you get it where you want it. Then you can experiment all you like while getting your "set up" down pat and if you hose your box you can roll back to your back up image (experience talking here ;o) ). That sure beats a total reinstall. Have fun. G! On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Mike Kear <[email protected]> wrote: > > @Shannon Peevey: yes i know its off topic but i didnt want to waste > time joining a windows or a ubuntu list hoping to get a rational > objective response. And nearly all the people here have the same > kinds of issues as i do - the OS isnt the be-all and end-all its only > a side-issue on the main game which is web development. > > @Peter Boughton : thanks my issue really was that i have a big > investment in terms of time and money and existing code in my > WindowsXP systems - i was hoping to be able to phase over from > Windows, but reading into your comments, I doubt that's going to be > the way it will happen. By the looks of it, I'm going to have to bite > the bullet and go all the way over to Ubuntu in one go, or else stay > with WindowsXP. For example i run a radio show and a radio station > library from Windows, using some windows apps, and i dont want them > down at all. So it looks like i'm going to have to think carefully > before moving to another O/S. > > Thanks for your help. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Shannon Peevey<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > This is off-topic for this mailing list. You can contact me off-list if > you > > like. I have run both, plus have some insight into the multimedia > packages > > on GNU/Linux. > > > > thanks, > > speeves > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Mike Kear <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I'm rebuilding a system and thought i might have a look at Ubuntu > >> instead of just reloading WinXPPro again .. > >> > >> I see in the Ubuntu site lots of talk about open source versions of > >> Office apps, browsers etc but no mention of compatibility (or > >> otherwise) with Windows apps. are all those other apps at all > >> compatible or do you need to find Linux/Ubuntu versions of everything? > >> > >> I can see that there are office, browser, media player equivalents > >> etc but the kinds of apps i'm thinking about are sound apps (i run > >> and edit radio shows from this machine), IDE things like Photoshop, > >> Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Audition and all those other little > >> apps that just seem to accumulate here and there. > >> > >> Generally speaking, do you have to locate equivalent Linux/Ubuntu > >> apps or do the existing WInXPPro versions generally work under > >> Ubuntu? > >> > >> -- > >> Cheers > >> Mike Kear > >> Windsor, NSW, Australia > >> Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > >> AFP Webworks > >> http://afpwebworks.com > >> ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
