I would try the vmware route. The vmware player is free (I think the server verison as well), and you can boot any linux in it. Use windows for developping, us

I would try the vmware route. The vmware player is free (I think the server verison as well), and you can boot any linux in it. Use windows for developping, use rsync to transfer your changes to the vmware image (or use a shared disk, or mounted disk, etc...). You will ahve much less hassle to install perl modules (they often require a compiler) and no path issues ("/ vs \")