Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:01:05 -0700 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <41c0852c-6e86-4c75-9c44-a6eb58187df5@w7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net idg9mqs8eK2nhCr04+8C2AdIEQ1rbWTsx18346HCPfPe0YxR03 Cancel-Lock: sha1:f2fC1DP/SR5Yfcwki3K67k0n/LI= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv7lxa4Sk6y9tAG2EO959F8hAOOLg== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:15795 comp.os.linux.setup:222 Michael B. Trausch stated in post io8ots$qlv$1@dont-email.me on 4/14/11 11:34 PM: > On 04/15/2011 02:18 AM, RayLopez99 wrote: >> Why would anybody run Linux in a virtual OS program like VMware? > > Assuming that your question is a serious one, the only answers I can > think of are along the lines of when someone is working somewhere that > uses Windows on the workstations, but Linux on the servers. Though even > then, presumably in that sort of situation you'd have a testing > environment instead of having to test on a VM. > > --- Mike I run OS X and then have Windows and Linux in VMs. I like running Windows because there are some programs I prefer in Windows (though that is not as true as it was even a year or two ago) and Linux because I like to learn about it and I like to test the software there. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]