Before I was using Win 7 as my base OS, I was working with an XP box, and coding on Ubuntu in a Vmware VM. It was the best way that I could get Ubuntu to actua

Before I was using Win 7 as my base OS, I was working with an XP box, and coding on Ubuntu in a Vmware VM. It was the best way that I could get Ubuntu to actually recognize my 3 monitor setup seamlessly. I could actually rotate my main 24" monitor and code in portrait style, and Vmware would recognize the change and adjust Ubuntu accordingly. I might actually go back to that setup. I've been wading through some gnarly unicode issues recently, and I suspect that the Python REPL + Windows 7 Powershell prompt were leading me in the wrong direction a couple of times. I really need a OS that's working in unicode, dammit. I would happily run OSX in a VM, but Apple doesn't let me. :(