On 18/03/2008, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have installed Ubuntu Linux on several friend's machines. There > > really is no barrier today to using Linux as opposed to Window, > > rather, the barrier is more about applications. I recommend that your > > son install Firefox (and possible Opera), and Open Office on his Vista > > computer and NOT USE Internet Explorer or MS Office for a month. If he > > can get that far, then he should have no problem with Ubuntu. > > I second the Ubuntu and OpenOffice (2.3+) recommendation. Based on my > experience with a wife who's reluctant to try Linux (so she uses Firefox and > Open Office on Windows) I'd venture to suggest that you can skip the "one > month trial" and go directly to using Linux+OO+Firefox. But see below. > > > If there are any specific, special application that your son uses, let > > us know so that we can recommend suitable replacements. Although some > > Just wait to hear what "special requirements" he has before going forward > with that, but still might not need a full month of testing. > > > Windows programs can be run in Linux, those methods are hacky and not > > recommended. > > What about running Vista under Linux (using > Xen/VmWare/KVM/VirtualBox/Qemu)? > Is there a reason he insists on using Vista and not XP?
I am now running Solidworks in XP in Virtualbox and the performance is amazing. Even better than Solidworks at the university with XP running on the hardware. Vista would not be able to do that, but one runs applications, not OS. So long as his applications run under XP, and his machine has a reasonable amount of RAM, he should be fine. Note that if his machine already runs Vista, then he almost certainly has enough memory to run XP in virtualbox. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
