RE: Re: Ubuntu and .NET

Clearly YMMV but I recall someone (a few years back) saying that he had
successfully installed X in a VM on Y where the Y hardware would not
natively install X.

 

That's an opaque way of saying that it probably irons out Stuart's minor
concern about the chip type.

 

Cheers,

 

Richard

 

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Subject: RE: [OT] Re: Ubuntu and .NET

 

  

Create a virtual machine and install in that.  It's way easier.

 

Cheers,

 

Richard

 

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Sent: 29 April 2010 15:03
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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Ubuntu and .NET

 

  

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Greg <[email protected]
<mailto:gregarobinson%40gmail.com> > wrote:
> I plan to download and install Ubuntu on my XP Pro desktop and\or my Vista
laptop. Which is the better box and are there any gotchas I should be aware
of?
>

The XP/Vista distinction is meaningless as Ubuntu is a replacement for
both operating systems. (Perhaps you were thinking of using Wubi, in
which case I believe it would work fine with either XP or Vista, but I
have not used it.)

Ubuntu installs wonderfully on both desktops and laptops, but of
course it is possible that you might run into some hardware
compatibility issues with either form factor (depending on what
hardware is inside them, of course).

Surely you have a linux enthusiast in your office...? Buy him lunch
and ask him to help you, would be my advice. Then you won't be
struggling through something that would be dead simple to someone with
a bit of linux experience.

--Stuart