From: Kent Sibilev <ksruby@...>
Date: 2005-08-31T14:46:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Linux & Windows

I prefer Linux any time of the day (I like MacOSX too), but when I'm
being forced to use Windows, the first thing I do I install coLinux.
I've found it much lighter than VMWare and there's usually no need for
window system anyway.

Just my two cents.
Kent.

On 8/31/05, Robert Oliver <rwoliver2@gmail.com> wrote:
> VMware is a great.. but there's one major drawback for me:
> 
> Copy and paste from a Windows host to a Linux guest doesn't work at all..
> I've never been able to get this to work. Tried about 10000 things.
> 
> Since copy and pasting is so important, I'm left with using IM's to paste
> between the two, which is really annoying :)
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/30/05, Sy <sy1234@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/30/05, Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@s0nspark.com> wrote:
> > > I do have a few tools I like on Windows, but they have little to do with
> > > development ... mostly multimedia stuff. I can live lesser toys on
> > Linux,
> > > though, if it means smoother development and less "pioneering" :-)
> >
> > You could also consider VMware so you can do it all from one chair.
> >
> >
> 
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