This is great. I'll tell you the same thing I tell others. Using M$ is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer. It just feels so good when you stop. I kicked the M$ dust off my shoes years ago and never looked back. And never regretted it either.
Good luck, man. My $0.02. Tim B. ________________________________ From: keith smith <[email protected]> To: Main PLUG discussion list <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 10:16:44 AM Subject: Re: going M$ free That is cool!! So you are only using the apps you can only run under windows, like IE. You do all your browsing and email using Linux so you are less vulnerable to malware, rootkits, and all the other junk that is our there. Nice!! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Kevin Fries <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Kevin Fries <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: going M$ free >To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> >Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 9:44 AM > > >Even better, VBox has a mode called seamless mode. I need Vision every so >often, so I have XP in a vbox instance. I have an icon on my desktop that >uses >the command line interface to start the Windows instance on demand, otherwise >why waste the resources. When I first set ut up, Windows came up in a window, >but I auto-hid the launch bar and hit ctrl-L to go into seamless mode. Now, >when I move my mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen, the start menu >appears, and I can launch any program I installed in my windows instance. >Freaks out the Windows guys because it makes it look like your windows program >is actually running on Linux... ah geek fun!! >Kevin >On Sep 13, 2010 10:34 AM, "keith smith" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>So basically I install my favorite distro of Linux. Download and install the >>compatible version of virtualbox. Then install XP in the virtualbox. >> >>Would I be able to open an instance of XP in a window? Like opening multiple >>browser tabs? That way I would be able to go back and forth between Windows >>and >>Linux. >> >> >> >>------------------------ >>Keith Smith >> >>--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Ariel Gold <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>From: Ariel Gold <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: going M$ free >>>To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> >>>Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 9:25 AM >>>> > I also run virtualbox for IE testing. I run tinyxp, which runs blazing >>>> > fast >>>>(not that i've done...-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >>>> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss >>>> > mailing >>>>list - plug-disc...@... >>>> >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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