[luau] Greetings

[Florian Hines]

You can always try out Vmware (it lets you setup a O/S inside of another
O/S), and there is another company in Austin, TX that has a program along
the same lines just a lil cheaper.  If you're interested I can find out the
name of the austin company. But Vmware does (or used too) have a trial
version.

I used it for awhile so I could use HomeSite 4.5 while I was in linux (keep
in mind for graphics intensive stuff...say flash or something high powerd
like Dreamweaver MX its pretty slow....i almost had DreamweaverMX working in
wine so the other day...i think the problem is Macromedias crippled java
engine)

Flo

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>demon_jr808 wrote:
>> I am considering purchasing the following laptop and installing Linux

>> I want to use the laptop as a learning ground for Linux


>If you have an existing computer 
>running Windows you may consider >"dual booting". 

Dual booting is sometimes used by people transitioning from windows to
linux, but ironically it is rather more complicated than just switching. At
least, it was difficult for me.

There are some other routes for dippiing your toe in the water before you
jump in. I am thinking of some distributions that either let you boot from a
floppy, or CD, or there is even one that you can install in windows as if it
were a windows app. My fave is Knoppix, it lets you boot from a CD. It's not
nearly as slow as I'd feared it would be, and it has a nice variety of tools
installed. It lets you access windows partitions as read only. I'm not sure
it has web authoring stuff, though.

have fun!
Dizzy Dave
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