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Re: [PLUG] The One True OS, migrating to
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On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:57:36PM -0500, Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 January 2008, jeff wrote:
> > Since the previous OS literally died, I didn't have time to do a proper
> > migration. I had backups plus the data on the drive. I slaved the old
> > drive so I'd have ready access, The only plan I could come up with was
> > my old joke of running XP in a VM, so I got busy preparing that
> > environment.
>
> I provide support for a family member who made a similar "unplanned
> migration". He has gotten great results from Crossover, since he absolutely
> requires MS Office. If an app doesn't run in Crossover, he runs it in a
> Win2000 QEMU VM.
I've been trying to get rid of the windows box on my desk at work, and
have recently set up qemu on my debian amd64. I only need office for
outlook and occasional testing of webapps on ie. Runs well so far, got
the kqemu-kernel stuff going, and I think outlook is even faster (though
I'm giving the vm more ram than the original box had).
Congrats on taking the plunge!
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