I like to use Windows for my dev environment, but I code for Linux systems. When I used 32-bit Windows, I used pubuntu to run an ubuntu server inside Windows wi

I like to use Windows for my dev environment, but I code for Linux systems. When I used 32-bit Windows, I used pubuntu to run an ubuntu server inside Windows without using a VM. It was nice and fast and worked well aside from a few networking quirks that I eventually worked out. pubuntu isn't compatible with 64bit Windows yet, and I was really itching to use all of my RAM so now I run CentOS on an old laptop of mine with 256MB of ram and a busted display (not good for anything but a testing server anyway), which I have stuffed in the server closet. I have my workspace folder on my dev machine shared, and on the laptop I am using cifs to mount it as a local folder (/workspace on my laptop is actually c:\workspace on my windows machine), so as I make changes to files, they are instantly reflected on the laptop. This makes for extremely convenient testing.