Comments on: Development Environment - Windows or Linux? http://blog.caruana.co.uk/2006/03/02/development-environment-windows-or-linux/ David Caruana talks about stuff - drumming, software and stuff Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: david http://blog.caruana.co.uk/2006/03/02/development-environment-windows-or-linux/#comment-35 david Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:04:48 +0000 http://blog.caruana.co.uk/2006/03/02/development-environment-windows-or-linux/#comment-35 Having fought the hard way, I too have now gone for the VMWare option - in fact the site has a number of pre-bundled environments including KDE on SUSE 10 OSS which is now on my laptop. Very easy. If I want a different flavour of Linux (for diagnostic purposes) they pretty much have the main options - http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/community.html. And yes, I'm aware vmware is an EMC company :-) Having fought the hard way, I too have now gone for the VMWare option - in fact the site has a number of pre-bundled environments including KDE on SUSE 10 OSS which is now on my laptop. Very easy. If I want a different flavour of Linux (for diagnostic purposes) they pretty much have the main options -

http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/community.html.

And yes, I’m aware vmware is an EMC company :-)

]]> By: Luis http://blog.caruana.co.uk/2006/03/02/development-environment-windows-or-linux/#comment-34 Luis Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:35:41 +0000 http://blog.caruana.co.uk/2006/03/02/development-environment-windows-or-linux/#comment-34 I've had too much trouble with Linux on a laptop, so I opt for running Linux within VMWare. The performance is adequate for running Alfresco and Eclipse and I don't have to worry about dual boot. In fact, when I'm at home, I plug in an extra monitor and run my VMWare image full screen on it while I use the laptop screen for Windows. Possibly the next best thing to having a dedicated machine. I’ve had too much trouble with Linux on a laptop, so I opt for running Linux within VMWare. The performance is adequate for running Alfresco and Eclipse and I don’t have to worry about dual boot. In fact, when I’m at home, I plug in an extra monitor and run my VMWare image full screen on it while I use the laptop screen for Windows. Possibly the next best thing to having a dedicated machine.

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