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Hi,<br>
<br>
<br>
On 23/05/10 12:54, Barry Drinkwater wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTimaHRD2M-E6cfb4hZjg6apYad7QWf2_gChg-JeX@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Ok, so I'm on my third 'try' of Linux having originally
tried Mandrake way back (too much like hard work) and Ubuntu (had a
problem with IPv6). I'm studying the Open University's Linux course
(T155) on a laptop running Vista. My usual OS is XP, but that's
upstairs and after spending 6.5 years studying for my OU degree on it
(finished a couple of years ago), hidden away from life, I decided I'd
do T155 on the laptop downstairs.<br>
<br>
And... Vista is just awful. How did it get through MS quality testing?
It makes me angry when I use it!<br>
<br>
I've been running Ubuntu in Virtual Box for T155, but I've just
installed it to its own partition to get a nicer Linux experience. The
reason for posting is that I'm quite tempted to go the whole hog and
drop Vista altogether. However, there are some applications which I'd
still need to use. These are Adobe Photoshop Elements (for cataloging
my photos) and Acronis Online Backup.<br>
<br>
So the question is, do I dump Vista and try and get these to run in
Wine, or keep a small Windows partition?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
How about running Windows XP inside VirtualBox on Ubuntu?<br>
Its what I do for my Windows software (Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop,
Windows XP inside VirtualBox)<br>
<br>
While a lot of stuff works 'OK' with Wine - its not brilliant at
everything, which is why I have a VirtualBox Windows image, rather than
a separate partition. It means I can backup the whole of the Windows
system, or copy the original installation image and try something new,
without interfering with my existing install.<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTimaHRD2M-E6cfb4hZjg6apYad7QWf2_gChg-JeX@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">The other alternative is to find Linux software that does
the same job. I know there is a beta version of Google Picasa for Linux
- does anyone know if it's possible to transfer tags from Elements to
Picasa?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Google Picasa for Linux isn't a beta - 2.7 is a stable verison (only 3
is beta) <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://picasa.google.com/linux/thanks-deb.html">http://picasa.google.com/linux/thanks-deb.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTimaHRD2M-E6cfb4hZjg6apYad7QWf2_gChg-JeX@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Regarding Acronis Online Backup, this is used to backup
photos, music, documents etc. These are held on an external NTFS drive.
Is it possible for Ubuntu to use this disk? If so, I could just find
another FTP based online storage provider and use Linux FTP software.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Linux is able to access NTFS partitions. Not sure about Acronis -
never used it personally.<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTimaHRD2M-E6cfb4hZjg6apYad7QWf2_gChg-JeX@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
Any help/thoughts most welcome.<br>
<br>
Barry
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