Flopping Problems

[Tony Arnold]

Shawn,

On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 13:29 -0700, Shawn Christopher wrote:
> I had Ubuntu but can't decide on which OS to stay with. I was a very
> strong Ubuntu and Linux supporter but everything that I need to do is
> on Windows (for work and some home) and despite what everyone
> says....you can't do everything in Linux that you can do in
> Windows...sadly this is my second flop back and forth.to Ubuntu and
> Windows. If I had a main box dedicated to Linux I would probably use
> that more...but alas work requirements trump all.
> 
> Anyone have any recommendations? And I don't think WINE is going t be
> powerful enough or portable enough for what I have to do...:-(

I've been through the same process in the past and I've now settled on
Ubuntu Linux for my work machine.

There are a couple of applications I need to use that only run on
Windows and I have bought Cross Over Office so that I can run them. They
seem to run OK.

An alternative may be to go for VMware and run your windows apps in a
virtual machine.

But it really depends on what you are doing. Perhaps if you shared this
with the list you may get some specific suggestions for those
applications that you need.

Regards,
Tony.
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