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Use virtual box and debian stable/testing. Solid as a rock. Forget VMware - its a pain in the arse. Make sure you are on 64 bit windows. I have to remain a win
by hp50g 14y ago
Use virtual box and debian stable/testing. Solid as a rock. Forget VMware - its a pain in the arse. Make sure you are on 64 bit windows.
I have to remain a windows user as I have a ton of stuff written in visual c++ that is at least 10-16 years old which I need to support (30 year support contracts rock :))
My main workstation is a 5 year old Lenovo T61 with a Samsung 840 pro and its as fast as any new machine at 1/10th of the costs.
My experiences with macos x have been disastrous - its just about the hardest thing to get anything to build on and that includes dragging 15 year old c++ stuff onto 64 bit windows.
- mitchi 14y agoI followed your advice. I've been working for 1 hour successfully!! I used this and saved a lot of setting up time : http://virtualboxes.org/images/debian/ http://virtualboxes.org/images/debian/
- trhtrsh 14y agoalso http://pascalcula.blogspot.com/2011/10/setting-up-linux-on-windows-with.html http://pascalcula.blogspot.com/2011/10/setting-up-linux-on-w...
- georgehaake 14y agoCurious to hear more about why VMware is a pain. I go back and myself.
- hp50g 14y agoVMware tools is a pain to recompile every damn kernel drop whereas Debian ships and installs VirtualBox guest stuff automatically. Also it's heavier, more expensive and slower from a UI perspective.
- georgehaake 14y agoThank you.