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Vista 64 was preinstalled on the family computer (HP Pavilion m9458fr bought in july 2009 for 416€ on eBay hp_marketplace_fr). I have installed linux on a secon

by reacweb 10y ago

Vista 64 was preinstalled on the family computer (HP Pavilion m9458fr bought in july 2009 for 416€ on eBay hp_marketplace_fr). I have installed linux on a second partition like for my previous computers, but on my previous computers, I was using windows 99% of the time. With Vista 64, I have been unable to find drivers for my expensive scanner, nor for my printer. This was so much annoyance that we (my wife and me) were using linux more often than windows. After a couple of months, we made the complete switch (deinstall the email client on windows and create more gmail accounts). Now, I boot on windows less than once per year. I have to thank the driver problems of vista 64 (and the other minor defects of Vista 64) for making this migration possible (it is difficult to leave a system we are used to). My only problem now is that I would like to buy a new computer and I am worried about the full support of all my future hardware.

vizeroth 10y ago
In the last few years, we've started purchasing Dells with Ubuntu pre-installed. Most of them get imaged with Windows 10, but the machines which stay in IT and a small number of faculty members teaching IT-related courses usually get configured to dual-boot. I have been using Virtualbox to deal with everything I need to do in Windows rather than going through the hassle of rebooting the machine. I use Windows for Active Directory administration, the occasional document that doesn't look right in LibreOffice, and occasionally jumping into Adobe software. My next computer at work is going to be a MacBook Pro with a Windows 10 VM, but at that point I should have most of the Adobe and MS Office tasks covered in OS X instead of the VM.
- JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  It'd be great to work so fluidly between machines. I get a headache switching back and forth between desktops like that - its kills the flow to stop and struggle with finding a setting or even a close button when its not where I automatically reach for. As for VirtualBox, strange but I just yesterday spent 2 hours trying my best to use it and failing. It just wouldn't resize the window beyond some tiny vga thing. None of the online help did squat; none of the menus and settings had any affect. So I finally gave up. That thing has a ways to go before its useful for a desktop environment.

by reacweb 10y ago

vizeroth 10y ago

In the last few years, we've started purchasing Dells with Ubuntu pre-installed. Most of them get imaged with Windows 10, but the machines which stay in IT and a small number of faculty members teaching IT-related courses usually get configured to dual-boot. I have been using Virtualbox to deal with everything I need to do in Windows rather than going through the hassle of rebooting the machine. I use Windows for Active Directory administration, the occasional document that doesn't look right in LibreOffice, and occasionally jumping into Adobe software. My next computer at work is going to be a MacBook Pro with a Windows 10 VM, but at that point I should have most of the Adobe and MS Office tasks covered in OS X instead of the VM.

JoeAltmaier 10y ago
It'd be great to work so fluidly between machines. I get a headache switching back and forth between desktops like that - its kills the flow to stop and struggle with finding a setting or even a close button when its not where I automatically reach for. As for VirtualBox, strange but I just yesterday spent 2 hours trying my best to use it and failing. It just wouldn't resize the window beyond some tiny vga thing. None of the online help did squat; none of the menus and settings had any affect. So I finally gave up. That thing has a ways to go before its useful for a desktop environment.