Comments on: The perfect dev environment http://www.blursoft.com/blog/2007/10/the-perfect-dev-environment/ Coding and Life at Blursoft Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: qwertyboy http://www.blursoft.com/blog/2007/10/the-perfect-dev-environment/#comment-1985 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.blursoft.com/blog/2007/10/the-perfect-dev-environment/#comment-1985 How about running linux (I understand you use debian, which rox) with X and compiz, and then running a vitrualbox with XP on one of the sides of the "cube"? It takes some playing around to set it up right (plenty of howtos to be found), but once you do... You think XP will run slower? Think again. Think about keeping the XP installation in an almost mint condition, since you can "undo" your XP sessions. Think no cruft. No bloated registry. Or, you know what, don't think, just try. After all, "it's only an apt-get away" :) How about running linux (I understand you use debian, which rox) with X and compiz, and then running a vitrualbox with XP on one of the sides of the “cube”?

It takes some playing around to set it up right (plenty of howtos to be found), but once you do…

You think XP will run slower? Think again. Think about keeping the XP installation in an almost mint condition, since you can “undo” your XP sessions. Think no cruft. No bloated registry. Or, you know what, don’t think, just try. After all, “it’s only an apt-get away” :)

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