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Re: should i just install this on linux?


From: malik martin
Subject: Re: should i just install this on linux?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:54:08 -0400

i agree but i'm temporarily stuck with a laptop that has no memory and
the cdrom doesnt work. so i cant really be bothered with installing a
new OS or even a net install. just want a quick easy solution. just
found a 15mb copy of bochs with debian on it :)

On 4/18/07, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 18/04/07, malik martin <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  just gonna install a linux under bochs or vmware
>
> You'll probably get a performance penalty that way. It's going to be
> almost as hard for yourself as Cygwin. Why not
>
>      http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com
>      http://www.goodbye-windows.com
>
> or even
>
>      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe/
>
> ?
>
> Debian just released a stable release, etch, last week, and it's
> already been getting mostly positive reviews:
>
>      http://lunapark6.com/debian-40-etch.html
>
> Ubuntu is about to release a new stable version this week too, and its
> pre-release reviews have also been positive:
>
>      http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-beta-preview.html
>
> IMAO, there seems to be little reason to be using Windows any more,
> less so for Vista (http://www.badvista.org). C'mon, take the plunge.
> Go for the full GNU/Linux experience. ;-)
>
> HTH,
> - Jordi G. H.
>



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