Don, I agree - for those forced to run Windows, running Linux VMs under Windows is a good option for education. cygwin is also invaluable.
We use Linux desktops (currently Ubuntu 10.04), and have found also that only a few things require Windoze. VirtualBox is also a good VM host on Linux for Windows VMs. Some other benefits of Linux desktops that we have found: - never had a virus, spyware, etc. (but that doesn't mean that you don't need firewalls, good security, etc) - in 6 years, never had to reload the OS to speed it back up :-) - with Linux, your package manager is like SMPE - it tracks your installed programs. After you get used to this, you never want to go back. - the Ubuntu support community is fantastic Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com PS> With a Unix/Linux client, our Dataset Pipes tools have some cool capabilities not available on Windows On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Grinsell, Don <dgrins...@mt.gov> wrote: > I got around that by convincing said powers that VMWare Workstation was > necessary to my health and well being and now I'm happily Linuxing away. > When I need to convince somebody that the problem is NOT due to my Linux > environment, I've got the standard Windows desktop to prove it. > > Regards, > > Don > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
