From: Tom Link <micathom@...>
Date: 2009-02-10T01:49:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Which is the best development environment? Windows Vs Linux

> See about getting the free VMware player or server and setting up an
> Ubuntu VM image to try it out.

Sun's VirtualBox is another quite usable option. I think questions
like "should I switch to ..." are really a thing of the past since
those VMs allow you to use whatever OS[1] you want for whatever task
they are most appropriate. I also found linux to some extent easier to
set up in a VM. Performance penalty depends on your hardware though
(hardware virtualization, memory etc.).

[1] With the exception of Mac OSX which AFAIK you're not allowed to
run in a VM on non-Apple hardware. Definitely not cool.