Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.swapon.de!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 15:25:54 -0700 Lines: 63 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 wzWCjxv+VqskylLrlObwLgF5vt5+FBdpCWsQmJCKQqYIWshX1E Cancel-Lock: sha1:t/TV5N+K0snf6tETGdoU3vPHeDw= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv7vBVN4uL8Y/jfQEyKv3A4cxZswQ== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:15951 comp.os.linux.setup:262 The Natural Philosopher stated in post ioa78n$2sk$1@news.albasani.net on 4/15/11 12:45 PM: > Snit wrote: >> The Natural Philosopher stated in post ioa53f$tim$2@news.albasani.net on >> 4/15/11 12:08 PM: >> >>> Snit wrote: >>>> Michael B. Trausch stated in post io8ots$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. >>>> >>> I've run all three and all I can say is that work lost due to lockups >>> and crashes is way the least in Linux. >> >> I do not have the problem with lockups on any of the OSs. I do have some >> programs occasionally crash - mostly IE Tester on Windows. I also run into >> quirks and very poorly done UIs - mostly on Linux but also on Windows and >> sometimes OS X. >> >>> I still get them in windows, but because the windows is tripped way down >>> in a VM,. they are much much less frequent. As little as one per day >>> when using my CAD programs. >>> >>> Which are total memory guzzlers. >> >> I will say that Linux seems to handle memory better than either Windows or >> OS X. Rumor has it Lion continues to improve in this area - Snow Leopard is >> certainly better than past OS X versions. >> >> > My wife's Tiger setup crashes once every few days..she will keep a > zillion programs open. And then runs OS9 in legacy mode as well..that's > almost guaranteed to bork it. With older versions of OS X, USB devices would *sometimes* lead to kernel panics. Other than that it is amazingly rock solid. Then again - so is Linux and Windows 7. > I daren't upgrade it to snow leopard, in case it breaks the utterly > fragile stuff that's already there, for which the installations disks > have been thrown away somewhere.. Breaks? What do you think it might break? You can check if apps work with Snow Leopard. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]