<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 3/26/2009 2:21 PM, Vincent Trouilliez wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20090326192105.71d3b44d.vincent.trouilliez@modulonet.fr" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Richard wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Been watching Linux for the past few years, and have wonder "if" its ready to replace my Vista Desktop. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Hmmm... in your case, I would install Linux, then create a Window Virtual machine. This way you get all the technical benefits of a Linux host system, while still using your existing Windows programs. Then you can investige Linux programs, evaluate if they meet your requirements, and progressively move your work from your Windows VM to the Linux host. Or if you could take a "safer" (from your perspective), but degraded version of this scheme: run a Linux virtual machine inside your existing Windows environement, and evaluate Linux and its apps from there. This way you only switch to Linux if and when you are 100% sure that Linux can do what you want. To use virtual machines, there is mainly "VirtualBox" (free software), and "VMware" (which is proprietary). -- Vince </pre> </blockquote> Vince, would the VirtualBox software handle my vista ultimate 32bit OEM DVD disk for install ? second, is there any dragging and dropping between Vista and Linux windows ? Thanks! Richard </body> </html>