Comments on: Vista and Ubuntu: Somebody’s Grown Up http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/vista-and-ubuntu-somebodys-grown-up/ Starting up, starting over, and staying fresh Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Philou http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/vista-and-ubuntu-somebodys-grown-up/#comment-239 Philou Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:25:54 +0000 http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/vista-and-ubuntu-somebodys-grown-up.html#comment-239 I agree at 100%! And I write this reply from an Ubuntu-powered laptop, here at work, where everything we do is open-source based. We installed Ubuntu on all the computers (then again, there's only 3 of us, we are just starting the company), and after some minor tweaking, we had a solid & powerful basis for work. Every now and then, though, we find ourselves needing 1 or 2 Windows softwares : no pb, we can virtualize Windows XP and run it -for free- inside Ubuntu. On my old Macbook, i had to purchase a copy of Parallels to do that (windows alongside Mac Os X), and as soon as I had one, they upgraded from 2.5 to 3.0. I had to pay for something that was obsolete. Not fun at all. Now, every tool we have is free and up-to-date (HUGE difference with other systems), and with a little bit of effort, we can find exactly what we want. That rocks. I agree at 100%!
And I write this reply from an Ubuntu-powered laptop, here at work, where everything we do is open-source based. We installed Ubuntu on all the computers (then again, there’s only 3 of us, we are just starting the company), and after some minor tweaking, we had a solid & powerful basis for work.
Every now and then, though, we find ourselves needing 1 or 2 Windows softwares : no pb, we can virtualize Windows XP and run it -for free- inside Ubuntu. On my old Macbook, i had to purchase a copy of Parallels to do that (windows alongside Mac Os X), and as soon as I had one, they upgraded from 2.5 to 3.0. I had to pay for something that was obsolete. Not fun at all.
Now, every tool we have is free and up-to-date (HUGE difference with other systems), and with a little bit of effort, we can find exactly what we want. That rocks.

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